Tocov (, German: Totzau) is an abandoned Sudeten German settlement located in the Hradiště military training area four kilometers southeast of Stráž nad Ohří. It lies in the Doupov Mountains at an altitude of 590 m on the Petrovský creek.
History The village was first mentioned in 1369 and became independent in 1850; till then it belonged to the town Doupov (German: Duppau). The village was inhabited mainly by Germans, who were expulsed after World War II. In an incident in May 1945 31 Germans were killed in retaliation for the killing of a policeman and the injuring of another who searched for allegedly hidden Nazis from the district centre of Kaaden.
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