Stochov (; ) is a town in
Kladno District
Kladno District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Kladno.
Administrative division
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in the
Central Bohemian Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 5,300 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Stochov consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Stochov (4,423)
*Čelechovice (365)
*Honice (491)
Etymology
According to legend, the name is derived from ''sto chův'' (i.e. "hundred nannies") and refers to nannies, who take care here of young
Saint Wenceslaus. In fact, the name is derived from the personal name Stoch, meaning "Stoch's (court)".
Geography
Stochov is located about west of
Kladno
Kladno (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 70,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the region and has a rich industrial history.
Administrative division
Kladno consists of six municipal parts ...
and west of
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
. It lies in the
Džbán range. The
Loděnice River flows along the northern municipal border.
History
The first written mention of Stochov is from 1316. It used to be a small village until the second half of 20th century, when a large
housing estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision (land), subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to count ...
was built west of Stochov to accommodate the increasing number of people working in
coal mines
Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
in the Kladno area in the 1950s and 1960s. Subsequently, Stochov gained town status in 1967.
Demographics
Transport
The
D6 motorway from Prague to
Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...
runs through the municipal territory.
Stochov is located on the railway line Prague–
Rakovník
Rakovník (, ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Administrative division
Rakovník consists o ...
via Kladno.
Sights
According to legend,
Saint Wenceslaus was born in Stochov and his grandmother
Saint Ludmila then planted an
oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
tree to commemorate this event. The aged and half withered oak tree, estimated to be about 700–1,000 years old and called Saint Wenceslaus' Oak (''Svatováclavský dub''), is the main sight of the town, and is considered to be one of the oldest and most significant trees in the Czech Republic.
A sandstone statue of St. Wenceslaus from 1887 stands in front of the oak tree.
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Twin towns – sister cities
Stochov is twinned with:
References
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Kladno District