Halže

Halže (German: Hals) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.

Halže consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The original German name Hals means 'neck' or 'throat'.

The name referred to the location of the village on a long, narrow elevated place between the mountains.

It was a part of the Tachov estate until 1644, when the village was donated to the newly established monastery in Světce.

[4] In 1945, most German-speaking inhabitants, which made majority of the population in Halže, were expelled.

Church of Saints John and Paul