Toužim
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Toužim
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Toužim, zimní 2010d (15)mm.jpg
| image_caption = Former town hall at the town square
| image_flag = Touzim CZ flag.gif
| image_shield = Touzim CZ CoA.gif
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Karlovy Vary
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Karlovy Vary
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates = {{coord|50|3|38|N|12|59|6|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Alexandr Žák
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1354
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 98.55
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 612
| population_as_of = 2024-01-01
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2024-05-17}}
| population_total = 3492
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 364 20
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| website = {{URL|https://www.touzim.cz/}}
| footnotes =
}}
Toužim ({{IPA|cs|ˈtouʒɪm}}; {{langx|de|Theusing}}) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone.
Administrative division
Toužim consists of 16 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}
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- Toužim (2,699)
- Bezděkov (45)
- Branišov (10)
- Dobrá Voda (110)
- Dřevohryzy (0)
- Kojšovice (69)
- Komárov (74)
- Kosmová (166)
- Lachovice (0)
- Luhov (8)
- Nežichov (33)
- Políkno (27)
- Prachomety (55)
- Radyně (57)
- Smilov (12)
- Třebouň (92)
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Geography
Toužim is located about {{convert|21|km}} south of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the Teplá Highlands. The highest point is the hill Třebouňský vrch at {{convert|825|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Střela River originates in the municipal territory and flows through the town proper.
History
The first written mention of Toužim is in a document from 1354, where there was written about the site of a Premonstratensian provostry. The surrounding fortified town was founded in 1469.{{cite web |title=Vznik Toužimi|url=https://www.touzim.cz/e_download.php?file=data/editor/53cs_5.pdf&original=Vznik+Tou%C5%BEimi.pdf|publisher=Město Toužim|language=cs|access-date=2021-06-03}}
Demographics
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|5075
|1880|5109
|1890|5155
|1900|5052
|1910|5104
|1921|5085
|1930|4898
|1950|2462
|1961|2680
|1970|3594
|1980|3949
|1991|3864
|2001|3798
|2011|3710
|2021|3457
|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}
Transport
Toužim is located on the railway line of local importance heading from Rakovník to Bečov nad Teplou.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Toužim|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/touzim/5473415|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-24}}
Sights
File:Sloup se sochou P. Marie, Toužim.JPG
The main landmark of the historic centre is the castle complex, formed by two castle buildings, a manorial brewery and fragments of town walls.{{cite web |title=Městská památková zóna|url=https://www.touzim.cz/e_download.php?file=data/editor/9cs_3.pdf&original=M%C4%9Bstsk%C3%A1+pam%C3%A1tkov%C3%A1+z%C3%B3na.pdf|publisher=Město Toužim|language=cs|access-date=2022-06-16}}
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.
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, 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 (1793–1848), botanist
- Emil Triner (born 1961), racing driver
References
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External links
{{commons category|Toužim}}
- {{official|https://www.touzim.cz/}}
- [http://www.touzimskyzamek.estranky.cz/ Toužim Castle]
{{Karlovy Vary District}}
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