Halže (German: Hals) is a village in the Czech Republik, in the region of Plzeň, near the town of Tachov (German: Tachau).
Population: 941 (2005)
The natural western border is formed by the Bohemian Forest (Český Les).
The first written document mentioning Halže comes from 1479. The church of Halže was built in the years 1799 – 1801.
In 1946 most German-speaking inhabitants, the majority in the village and the Tachov area, were expelled. After the war the area was only partly repopulated.
After the "velvet revolution" (1989) German companies started to operate factories to make use of the cheap labour in the Tachov area. However the area is still the economically least developed Czech region.
Tachov District is West Bohemia's third largest in area (1,379 sq.km). The district lies in the southeast of the Czech Republic bordering the Federal Republic of Germany (Bavaria) in the west. Halže is an ideal starting point for trips to the Cesky les and only a few km south-east from Marianske Lazne.
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