Stod (; german: Staab) is a town in

Plzeň-South District Plzeň-South District ( cs, okres Plzeň-jih)( German: Bezirk Pilsen-Süd) is a district (''okres'') within the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative centre is in Plzeň. The most populated municipality of the district is the t ...

in the

Plzeň Region Plzeň Region ( cs, Plzeňský kraj; german: Pilsner Region) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň ( English, german: Pilsen). In terms of area, Plzeň ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...

. It has about 3,500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Lelov is an administrative part of Stod.

Geography

Stod is located about southwest of Plzeň. It lies on the border between the

Plasy Uplands Plasy (; german: Plass) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. It is known for its former monastery. Administrative parts Villages of Babina, Horní Hradiště, Lomnička, ...

and

Švihov Highlands Švihov may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *Švihov (Klatovy District), a town in the Plzeň Region **Švihov Castle The Švihov Castle (german: ''Burg Schwihau'') is a water castle, which was built in the Gothic period. It is located in ...

. The highest point is a hill with an altitude of . The town is situated at the confluence of the

Radbuza The Radbuza (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic, the right source river of the Berounka. Its source is situated at the foot of Lysá mountain (869 metres) near the village of Závist, near Domažlice. It passes through the villages and towns of ...

and Merklínka rivers.

History

The first written mention of Stod is from 1235, when King

Wenceslaus I of Bohemia Wenceslaus I ( cs, Václav I.; c. 1205 – 23 September 1253), called One-Eyed, was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253. Wenceslaus was a son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary. Marriage and children In 1224, Wenc ...

left the village to the

Chotěšov Abbey Chotěšov Abbey ( cs, Klášter Chotěšov) is a former Premonstratensian nunnery in Chotěšov, about 18 kilometres southwest of Plzeň in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. History Premonstratensian nunnery The abbey was founded betwee ...

. In 1315,

John of Bohemia John the Blind or John of Luxembourg ( lb, Jang de Blannen; german: link=no, Johann der Blinde; cz, Jan Lucemburský; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King ...

promoted the village to a

market town A market town is a Human settlement, settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular marketplace, market; this distinguished it from a village or ...

. By the period of Charles IV in 1363, the town acquired more privileges, such as a judiciary, the right to use a town seal, and to keep the town's books. In 1544 the town was granted the privilege of establishing a malt-house and a brewery. By 1547 there was a post office and in 1550

Ferdinand I Ferdinand I or Fernando I may refer to: People * Ferdinand I of León, ''the Great'' (ca. 1000–1065, king from 1037) * Ferdinand I of Portugal and the Algarve, ''the Handsome'' (1345–1383, king from 1367) * Ferdinand I of Aragon and Sicily, '' ...

allowed the town to stage an annual fair. The market town was set back by the turmoil of the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battl ...

. By 1654, only about 230 residents remained in Stod. Consequently tracts of land were distributed to German families from

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to repopulate the region, which led to

Germanization Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people and culture. It was a central idea of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationalism went hand in hand. In ling ...

of Stod. By 1850, Stod had grown to approximately 1,500 residents and was promoted to a town. In 1863, a group of 83 people from Stod, led by the former military officer Martin Krippner, left to settle Puhoi in

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. In 1938, the town was annexed by

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

and administered as part of

Reichsgau Sudetenland The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the ''Sudetenland'' territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 30 September 1938 Munich Agreement. ...

. After

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, most of the German population was expelled.

Demographics

Notable people

* Arthur Salz (1881–1963), German sociologist and economist *

Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová (born 9 April 1954 in Stod) is a female former international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Table tennis career From 1968 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table T ...

(born 1954), table tennis player *

Pavel Soukup Pavel Soukup (born 2 January 1971) is a retired Czech middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He is best known for winning bronze medals at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and the 1995 Summer Universiade. In addition, he co ...

(born 1971), athlete

References

External links

* {{authority control Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Plzeň-South District