Toužim

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Toužim

Total population

3,090

Elevation613 m

Coordinates50.06°, 12.98°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Toužim 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Alois Martin David

Czech surveyor

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Francis Erdmann, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

German duke (1629-1666)

Henry IV, Burgrave of Plauen

army leader, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia and Burgrave of Meissen (1510-1554)

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Heribert Sturm

German archivist (1904–1981)

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Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer

German architect

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Johann Peter Ernst Rohrer

German architect

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Josef Antonín Sehling

Czech violinist and composer

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Wenzel Baier

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Ferdinand Preis

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František Sehling

Czech musician and singer (1715-1774)

Emil Triner

Czech rally driver

Erdmann Spies

Czech member of Czech council, local politician and regional politician (1862-1938)

Ernst Eckert

Czech local politician and publicist (1885-1952)

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Václav Kasík

Czech musician, entrepreneur, director of Czech philharmony and director of Czech Radio (1947–2012)

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Friedrich Tischer

Czechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and German nation politician (1874-1939)

Johann Zoph

Austrian warrior

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Karlovy Vary

• Vrbice
  12.6 mi away · pop. 136
• Rovná
  14.3 mi away · pop. 582
• Vintířov
  16.8 mi away · pop. 1,067
• Citice
  17.9 mi away · pop. 713
• Dasnice
  19.4 mi away · pop. 353
• Boč
  21.2 mi away · pop. 76
• Slapany
  27.2 mi away
• Žírovice
  28.4 mi away · pop. 214
• Vojtanov
  30.5 mi away · pop. 174
• M'Zaret Boumendjel
  979.1 mi away
• Souk Ahras
  984.6 mi away · pop. 155,259
• Merahna
  987.8 mi away · pop. 13,319

Browse all places in Karlovy Vary →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-19

serpentine spleenwort

Asplenium cuneifolium

Seen 2026-09-19

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-17

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-17

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-06

tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-09-01

Marsh Thistle

Cirsium palustre

Seen 2026-09-01

Large Marsh Grasshopper

Stethophyma grossum

Seen 2026-09-01

Large Copper

Lycaena dispar

Seen 2026-09-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers