The highest point is the hill Mirotický vrch at 791 m (2,595 ft) above sea level.

[3] From 1938 to 1945, Bochov was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland.

The I/6 road (part of the European route E48), which replaces the incomplete section of the D6 motorway from Prague to Karlovy Vary) passes through the town.

It was built in the late Gothic style in the 15th century and rebuilt ito its present early Baroque form in 1666–1667, after it was damages by a fire.

[7] A tourist destination is a ruin of the Hartenštejn Castle on a hill near the town.