Stod (Czech Republic)

Stod ( German Staab ) is a small town in the Czech Republic. It is located 10 kilometers west of Dobřany at the Radbuza and belongs to Okres Plzeň -jih. The land area is 2002 ha

Geography

Stod is located in 337 m N.M. in the flood plain of the Radbuza on both sides of the river at the confluence of Merklínka. Through the city leads the state road 26 between Pilsen and Stankov and the railway line from Pilsen to Domažlice. To the southeast is followed by several hills, one of which has the 487 m high Křížový vrch a lookout tower.

Neighboring towns are Kotovice, Hoříkovice and Týnec in the north, Chotěšov in the northeast, and Mantov Losina in the east, Lelov in the south, and Střelice Hradec in the west and Ves Touškov in the northwest.

History

The first mention of Stod dates from the year 1235, when King Wenceslas I. the location of the monastery Chotěšov left. 1315 brought John of Luxembourg Stod to market towns. By Charles IV in 1363 the place has received more privileges, such jurisdiction and the right to use a city seal and the leadership of the city books. 1544 came to Stod the privilege of establishing a Malzhauses and a brewery. 1547 was a coaching inn and 1550 Ferdinand I granted the holding of a fair.

The patch was thrown back by the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War in its development. From Berni rula show that the place was deserted in 1654 only had about 230 inhabitants. For the re- colonization of the tract of land German families from Bavaria and the Tepler highlands were settled.

1850 received Staab, which had grown at that time to 1500 inhabitants, a city. The town in the District Policy Mies became the seat of a district court. After the Second World War, the German inhabitants were largely expelled.

In 1949 the municipality city was, at the local government reform of 1960, it lost this status again and came to Okres Plzeň- jih.

Community structure

To town Stod the district Lelov heard ( Lellowa ) as well as the hamlets and single layered Maškrov ( march Count ), Novomlýnské and Lelovský Mlýn.

The former manor Maškrov was converted into a mill.

Attractions

• Křížový vrch with lookout tower and former church

Sons and daughters of the town

• January Florián Hammerschmidt (1652-1735), Czech priest, writer and poet
• Karl Peter Mohler (1887-1966), German religious relatives, abbot of pin Tepl in West Bohemia
• Ilona Uhlíková (born 1954 ), Czech table tennis player