700th Anniversary - Chodov, Czech Republic - Community Commemoration on Waymarking.com

Chodov is a town in the Sokolov District of the Czech Republic. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. Until the end of WWII the town was inhabited practically only by Germans, who were deported from Czechoslovakia after the war.

Originally a Slavic settlement. Its name was derived from an old Slavic term "choda", which means a road. The Slavic colonisation was not successful and in the Middle Ages this part of Bohemia was colonised by Germans. In the 12th–13th century Chodau belongs to the monastery in Waldsassen and in the 14th–17th century is ruled locally from Loket (Elbogen). In 1894 Chodau is declared a town and gets the right to use its own coat of arms. Until the end of WWII the town was inhabited practically only by Germans, who were deported from Czechoslovakia after the war. In the '60s a big chemical factory was built 4 km from Chodov in Vresová and then new districts were built for the Czech and Slovak workers who moved here.

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Subject: Town Commemoration: 700 Date of Founding: 1194 Date of Commemoration: 1894 Address: Staroměstká Chodov Czech Republic Overview Photograph: Yes Detail Photograph: Yes Web site if available: [Web Link]

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