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See also:BERAUN (See also:Czech Beroun)
, a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 27 M
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S.W. of See also:Prague by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1900) 9693, mostly See also:Czech
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It is situated at the confluence of the See also:Beraun with the Litawa See also:river, and is the seat of important textile See also:industry, See also:sugar-refining, See also:corn-milling and See also:brewing
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See also:Lime-kilns and the manufacture of See also:cement, and smelting and See also:iron See also:works are carried on in the environs
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Beraun is a See also:place of immemorial antiquity
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It was originally called na Brode (by the See also:ford), and received the name of See also:Bern, Berun or See also:Verona in the 13th See also:century, when it obtained the privileges of a See also:city from the See also:emperor See also: |
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Take into, please: In 13th cent. Imperator Premysl Otakar II not imperator Charles IV. L.S.
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