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BIELITZ (Czech Bilsko, Polish Bielsko)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 920 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BIELITZ (
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Czech Bilsko,
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Polish Bielsko)  , a
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town of
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Austria, in
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Silesia, 8o m . S.E. of
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Troppau by
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rail, Pop . (1goo) 16,885, chiefly
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German . It is situated on the Biala
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river, just opposite the Galician town of Biala and possesses a
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fine
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castle belonging to the Sulkowsky
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family, in favour of whom the lordship of
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Bielitz was raised to a duchy in 1752 . It has an important woollen and
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linen
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industry, and manufactures of jute and machinery, as well as an active
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trade, especially of woollens, to the
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East . The town was founded in the 13th
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century, and in the 15th and 16th was a fortified
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place .

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