Stod (Czech Republic)

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Stod
Town
Bank of the Radbuza River
Flag Coat of arms
Stod Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°38′21″N 13°9′53″E / 49.63917°N 13.16472°E / 49.63917; 13.16472Coordinates: 49°38′21″N 13°9′53″E / 49.63917°N 13.16472°E / 49.63917; 13.16472
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
District	Plzeň-South
First mentioned	1235
Government
• Mayor	Jiří Vlk
Area
• Total	20.04 km2 (7.74 sq mi)
Elevation	337 m (1,106 ft)
Population  (2021-01-01)[1]
• Total	3,578
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	333 01
Website	www.mestostod.cz

Stod (Czech pronunciation: [stot]; German: Staab) is a town in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. It lies some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west from the region capital of Plzeň upon the Radbuza River.

Administrative parts[]

Old post office

Village of Lelov is an administrative part of Stod.

History[]

The first written mention of Stod dates from 1235, when Wenceslaus I of Bohemia left the village to the monastery Chotěšov. In 1315 John of Bohemia raised the villages status to that of a market town. By the period of Charles IV in 1363, the town acquired more privileges, such as a judiciary, the right to use a city seal, and to keep the city'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 granted Ferdinand I allowed the town to stage an annual fair.

The town was set back by the turmoil of the Thirty Years War. By 1654, the settlement was almost deserted, with only about 230 residents. Consequently tracts of land were distributed to German families from Bavaria to repopulate the region.

By 1850 Stod had grown to approximately 1500 residents (almost entirely German speaking) and the town received civic rights. The town was the seat of a local District Court. At this time some local German peasants could not afford to buy land so in 1863 a small group, led by a former Austrian army officer named Captain Martin Krippner, left to settle Puhoi in New Zealand. (This has given Puhoi the popular appellation of the "Bohemian Settlement".)

In 1938 the town was part of the Sudetenland annexed by Nazi Germany. After World War II, the German population was stripped of their property and expelled following the Beneš decrees.^{[citation needed]}

Between 1949 and 1960 there were various local government reforms following the massive population changes.

Notable people[]

• Pavel Soukup (born 1971), athlete

References[]

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