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Tachov (German: Tachau) is a city in Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic. This article lists sources for statistics about Czech Republic. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Czech city Tachov Modified GFDL image from: http://en. ...
Plzeň Region (Czech: Plzeňský kraj) is an administrative unit (kraj) in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. ...
History The area was inhabited by humans around 8,000-6,000 BCE. The first written document mentioning Tachov comes from 1115. During the reign of Premysl Otakar II the castle was built. During the Hussite wars the city was several times besieged and conquered. The Thirty Years War damaged the city considerably. In 1945 most German-speaking inhabitants, the majority in the city, were expelled. Download high resolution version (822x506, 54 KB)Tachov - city walls File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Download high resolution version (822x506, 54 KB)Tachov - city walls File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Events Clairvaux Abbey is founded by St. ...
Otakar II (also spelled Ottokar or Přemysl Otakar/Ottokar) (c. ...
The Hussites comprised an early Protestant Christian movement, followers of Jan Hus. ...
The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...
1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The expulsion of Germans after World War II refers to the mass deportation of people considered Germans (both Reichsdeutsche and Volksdeutsche) from Soviet-occupied areas outside of the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, and is one major part of the German exodus from Eastern Europe after World War II. The...
After the war, during the Russian occupation, the area was only partly repopulated. Not only by Czechs and Slovaks, but also by people from Romania, Ukraine etc. Later on uranium was found here and many adventureres moved to the area to work in the mines.
The mines were closed when the Russians left. After the "velvet revolution" (1989), German companies started to operate factories to make use of the cheap labour. However, Tachov area is still among the economically least developed Czech regions.
Other towns in Tachov miniregion Konstantinovy Lázně, Rozvadov, Stříbro, Kladruby, Trpisty, Miliře. Kladruby (German Kladrau) is a village in the Czech Republic, in the region of Plzeň, near the town Stříbro. ...
Trpisty, Château (Schloss Trpist in German, Zámek Trpísty in Czech) is a late baroque 18th century manor house located in the Pilsen Region of West Bohemia in what is today Czech Republic, built between 1723 and 1729 for Count Prosper Anton Josef von Sinzendorf on the site...
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