Toužim (; german: Theusing) is a town in
Karlovy Vary District
Karlovy Vary District or Carlsbad District ( cs, okres Karlovy Vary) is a district (''okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Karlovy Vary.
List of municipalities
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Andělská Hora -
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in the
Karlovy Vary Region
The Karlovy Vary Region or Carlsbad Region ( cs, Karlovarský kraj, German: ''Karlsbader Region'') is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as
urban monument zone.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bezděkov, Branišov, Dobrá Voda, Dřevohryzy, Kojšovice, Komárov, Kosmová, Lachovice, Luhov, Nežichov, Políkno, Prachomety, Radyně, Smilov and Třebouň are administrative parts of Toužim.
Geography
Toužim is located about south of
Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. It is n ...
. It lies in the
Teplá Highlands. The highest point is the hill Třebouňský vrch at above sea level. The Střela River flows through the town.
History
The first written mention of Toužim is in a document from 1354, where there was written about the site of a
Premonstratensian
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church ...
provostry. The surrounding fortified town was founded in 1469.
Demographics
Transport
Toužim lies on the railway line of local importance heading from
Rakovník to
Bečov nad Teplou
Bečov nad Teplou (german: Petschau) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone.
Administra ...
.
Sights
The main landmark of the historic centre is the castle complex, formed by two castle buildings, a manorial brewery and fragments of town walls.
The parish deanery Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built after 1488. The original late Gothic church building was damaged by fires and rebuilt in 1738–1742. The northern Gothic tower and the Baroque side chapel of Christ the Sufferer from 1699 have been preserved.
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The former town hall on the town square is a Neoclassical-Empire building with a Gothic core. It was rebuilt to its present form after numerous fires. In the middle of the town square is a Marian column from 1705, a fountain from the mid-18th century, and a modern sculpture of King ]George of Poděbrady
George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad ( cs, Jiří z Poděbrad; german: Georg von Podiebrad), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the ...
, after whom the square is named.[
]
Notable people
* Francis Erdmann, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1629–1666), German nobleman
* Josef Antonín Sehling (1710–1756), composer
*Ignaz Friedrich Tausch
Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (29 January 1793, in Theusing – 8 September 1848) was a Bohemian botanist.
He studied philosophy, medicine and natural sciences at the University of Prague, becoming an associate professor of economic and technical bota ...
(1793–1848), botanist
* Emil Triner (born 1961), racing driver
References
External links
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Toužim Castle
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Karlovy Vary District