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PROSSNITZ (Czech Prostejov)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 457 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PROSSNITZ (Czech Prostejov)  , a
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town of Austria, in Moravia, 50 M . N.E. of Brtinn by
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rail . Pop . (r9do), 24,054, mostly Czech . It is situated in the fertile plain of the Hanna, and is the
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principal commercial centre for the sale of the various produce of the region . It has important textile, malt and
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sugar
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industries, distilling,
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brewing and miffing, manufactures of agricultural implements and lucifer matches . Prossnitz is a town of ancient origin, and in the 16th century was one of the chief seats of the Moravian Brethren .

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