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RAUDNITZ (Czech Roudnice nad Labem)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAUDNITZ (Czech Roudnice nad Labem)  , a
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town of Bohemia, Austria, 44 M . N. of Prague by
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rail . Pop . (1900) 7986, mostly Czech . It is situated on the Elbe, and its chief attraction lies in the interesting and valuable collections in its chateau, which has belonged to the princely
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family of Lobkowitz since the beginning of the 17th century . These include a library with a large number of the earliest specimens of printing and valuable
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MSS., together with a series of pictures from the time of Charles V. to the
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Thirty Years' War . In 1350 Cola di Rienzi, " the last of the tribunes," was confined by the emperor Charles IV. in the castle, which occupied the site of the
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present chateau, previous to his despatch under arrest to the pope at
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Avignon . In 1184 Raudnitz is mentioned as belonging to the see of Prague . The title of duke of Raudnitz was conferred on the head of the family of Lobkowitz by the emperor Joseph II. in 1786 .

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