HolÃ½à ¡ov (; ) is a town in Plzeà Â-South District in the Plzeà  Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants.
HolÃ½à ¡ov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
HolÃ½à ¡ov is located about southwest of Plzeà Â. It lies mostly in the à  vihov Highlands, only the western part of the municipal territory lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level. The town is situated on the right bank of the Radbuza River.
The first written mention of HolÃ½à ¡ov is in a deed of Pope Gregory X from 1273. Transformation from a small village to a town began after 1897, when one of the biggest glassworks in Austria-Hungary were founded and the population significantly increased. The glassworks went bankrupt due to the world crisis in the 1930s.
During World War II, HolÃ½à ¡ov was occupied by Germany. The glassworks building was rebuilt to an ammunition factory. In 1944, two subcamps of the Flossenbürg concentration camp were founded: one for French, Polish, Russian and Jewish women, and one for Polish, Jewish, Czech and Russian men. The men's subcamp was presumably dissolved in January 1945, whereas the women's subcamp was liberated by Polish partisans in May 1945. After the German occupation, the town was restored to Czechoslovakia.
In 1960, HolÃ½à ¡ov obtained the town status. From 1 January 2021, HolÃ½à ¡ov is no longer a part of Domaà ¾lice District and belongs to Plzeà Â-South District.
HolÃ½à ¡ov is located on the railway line PragueâÂÂMunich via Plzeà Â.
The oldest building in HolÃ½à ¡ov is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It was first mentioned in 1352 and in 1384, it was referred to as a parish church. During the Thirty Years' War, it was partly demolished. It was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1743 and a three-story tower was also built, which is 39 tall and topped with a tall slender spire.
Exposition dedicated to the history of HolÃ½à ¡ov and the history of World War II in HolÃ½à ¡ov are in the town museum named Dà ¯m dÃÂjin HolÃ½à ¡ovska ("House of history of the HolÃ½à ¡ov region").
HolÃ½à ¡ov is twinned with: