Tachov District

Tachov District (Czech: okres Tachov) is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Tachov.

Tachov District Okres Tachov
District
Location in the Plzeň Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°47′N 12°47′E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
Capital	Tachov
Area [1]
• Total	1,378.45 km2 (532.22 sq mi)
Population  (2025)[2]
• Total	57,370
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	51
* Towns	8
* Market towns	2

Administrative division

Tachov District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Tachov and Stříbro.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Benešovice - Bezdružice - Bor - Brod nad Tichou - Broumov - Částkov - Cebiv - Černošín - Chodová Planá - Chodský Újezd - Ctiboř - Dlouhý Újezd - Erpužice - Halže - Horní Kozolupy - Hošťka - Kladruby - Kočov - Kokašice - Konstantinovy Lázně - Kostelec - Kšice - Lesná - Lestkov - Lom u Tachova - Milíře - Obora - Olbramov - Ošelín - Planá - Přimda - Prostiboř - Rozvadov - Skapce - Staré Sedliště - Staré Sedlo - Stráž - Stříbro - Studánka - Sulislav - Svojšín - Sytno - Tachov - Tisová - Třemešné - Trpísty - Únehle - Vranov - Záchlumí - Zadní Chodov - Zhoř

Geography

Industrial park in Stříbro and surrounding landscape

Tachov District borders Germany in the west. The terrain is hilly and along the state border, the landscape is mountainous. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Plasy Uplands (most of the territory), Upper Palatine Forest (west), Upper Palatine Forest Foothills (a strip along the Upper Palatine Forest) and Teplá Highlands (northeast). The highest point of the district is the mountain Havran in Lesná with an elevation of 894 m (2,933 ft). The lowest point is the Hracholusky Reservoir in Erpužice at 353 m (1,158 ft).

From the total district area of 1,378.5 km² (532.2 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 651.6 km² (251.6 sq mi), forests occupy 601.5 km² (232.2 sq mi), and water area occupies 27.0 km² (10.4 sq mi). Forests cover 43.6% of the district's area.^[1]

The only important river is the Mže, which flows across the district from west to east and forms a deep valley. Its longest tributary is the Úhlavka. The central part of the territory is rich in ponds. There are also two reservoirs, Lučina and partly Hracholusky.

There are two protected landscape areas: the northern half of Český les, and the southernmost part of Slavkovský les.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 87,797 —     1880 87,770 −0.0% 1890 86,394 −1.6% 1900 87,240 +1.0% 1910 90,048 +3.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 89,235 −0.9% 1930 88,069 −1.3% 1950 41,070 −53.4% 1961 42,683 +3.9% 1970 45,594 +6.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 48,836 +7.1% 1991 50,036 +2.5% 2001 51,439 +2.8% 2011 51,917 +0.9% 2021 52,212 +0.6%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities

Name	Population[2]	Area (km2)
Tachov	14,097	41
Stříbro	8,060	48
Planá	5,493	62
Bor	4,889	116
Chodová Planá	1,990	55
Kladruby	1,682	49
Přimda	1,621	51
Stráž	1,376	54
Staré Sedliště	1,370	37
Černošín	1,196	42

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Tachov District and at least 500 employees are:^[5]

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
Ideal Automotive	Bor	1,000–1,499	Automotive industry
Loxxess Bor	Bor	1,000–1,499	Transportation support activities
Grammer CZ	Tachov	1,000–1,499	Automotive industry
King's Entertainment	Rozvadov	500–999	Gambling and betting activities
Kermi	Stříbro	500–999	Manufacture of central heating radiators
RSF Elektronik	Stříbro	500–999	Manufacture of electrical equipment

Transport

The D5 motorway (part of the European route E50) from Prague to Plzeň and the Czech-German border passes through the district.

Sights

Kladruby Monastery

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[6]

• Přimda Castle
• Slavic gord and burial mound in Bezemín
• Kladruby Monastery
• Hradišťský kopec gord in Okrouhlé Hradiště
• Riding hall in Světce

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:^[7]

• Bor
• Planá
• Stříbro
• Tachov
• Chodský Újezd
• Horní Jadruž
• Pačín
• Prostiboř
• Zadní Chodov

The most visited tourist destinations are the Kladruby Monastery and Přimda Castle.^[8]

Notable people

Main category: People from Tachov District