See also:

• PILSEN (Czech, Plzen)

PILSEN (See also:

• CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)

Czech, Plzen)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of Bohemia, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, 68 m . W.S.W. of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900), 68,292, of which 94% are See also:

• CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)

Czech . It is the second town of Bohemia, and lies at the confluence of the Radbusa and the Mies . It consists of the town proper, which is regularly built and surrounded with promenades on the site of the old ramparts, and of three suburbs . The most prominent buildings are the See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew, said to date from 1292, whose See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower (325 ft.) is the highest in Bohemia, and the See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall dating from the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of manufacture and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce is See also:

• BEER

beer, which is exported to all parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world . Other See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial products are machinery, enamelled tinware, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, See also:

• ALUM

alum, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, earthenware, stoves and See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, while a tolerably brisk See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is carried on in See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, feathers, See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and horses . In the neighbourhood are several See also:

• COAL

coal-pits, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

• WORKS

works and See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass-works, as well as large deposits of See also:

• KAOLIN

kaolin . See also:

• PILSEN (Czech, Plzen)

Pilsen first appears in See also:

• HISTORY

history in 976, as the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a See also:

• BATTLE

battle in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Boleslaus and the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• OTTO

Otto II., and it became a town in 1272 . During the Hussite See also:

• WARS

wars it was the centre of See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic resistance to the See also:

• HUSSITES

Hussites; it was three times unsuccessfully besieged by See also:

• PROKOP

Prokop the See also:

• GREAT

Great, and it took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• LEAGUE

league of the Romanist lords against See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George of See also:

• PODEBRAD, GEORGE OF (1420-1471)

Podebrad .

During the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' War the town was taken by See also:

• MANSFIELD
• MANSFIELD, RICHARD (1857-1907)
• MANSFIELD, WILLIAM MURRAY, 1ST EARL

Mansfield in 1618 and not recaptured by the Imperialists till 1621 . See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein made it his See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter-quarters in 1633, and it was in the great hall of the Rathaus that his generals took the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of fidelity to him (See also:

• JANUARY

January 1634) . The town was unsuccessfully besieged by the Swedes in 1637 and 1648 . The first Bohemian See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press was established here in 1468 .