Sokolov is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The meaning of the original German name …Sokolov is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The meaning of the original German name Falkenau was "falcon's riparian forest", the original Czech name Falknov was created by transcription of the German name. According to legend, it was related to hobby of knight Sebastian, who is said to have been the founder of the town, of falconry. After World War II, when it was customary to change names of German origin, the town was renamed Sokolov. According to communist propaganda at the time, the name was not related to a falcon, but to the Battle of Sokolovo in which Czechoslovak soldiers had fought alongside Soviet soldiers on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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