title: Tocov
text: # Tocov
  
  Tocov (Czech pronunciation:, German: Totzau) is an abandoned Sudeten German settlement located in the Hradiště military training area four kilometers southeast of Stráž nad Ohří. It lies in the Doupov Mountains at an altitude of 590 m on the Petrovský creek.
  
  ## History
  
  The village was first mentioned in 1369 and became independent in 1850; till then it belonged to the town Doupov (German: Duppau). The village was inhabited mainly by Germans, who were expulsed after World War II. In an incident in May 1945 31 Germans were killed in retaliation for the killing of a policeman and the injuring of another who searched for allegedly hidden Nazis from the district centre of Kaaden.
  
  ## Demography
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1869 | 600 | — |
  | 1880 | 609 | +1.5% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 1890 | 543 | −10.8% |
  | 1900 | 541 | −0.4% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 1910 | 600 | +10.9% |
  | 1921 | 577 | −3.8% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 1930 | 561 | −2.8% |
  | 1950 | 34 | −93.9% |
  