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See also:TEPLITZ (See also:Czech, Teplice)
, or See also:TEPLITZ-SCHONAU, as it is officially called since the See also:incorporation of the See also:village of Schonau in 1895, a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 8o m
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N.N.W. of See also:Prague by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1900) 24,420
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It is picturesquely situated in the See also:plain of the Biela, which separates the See also:Erzgebirge from the Bohemian Mittelgebirge, and is a favourite watering-See also:place, containing a large Kurhaus and numerous handsome See also:bath-houses
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The environs are laid out in See also:pretty and shady gardens and promenades, the finest being in the See also:park which surrounds the See also:chateau of See also:Prince Clary-Aldringen, built in 1751
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The other See also:chief buildings are the See also:Roman See also:Catholic Schlosskirche, built in 1568 and altered to its See also:present See also:form in 1790, the See also:Protestant See also:
The presence of a See also:bed of See also:lignite in the neighbourhood has encouraged the See also:industrial development of Teplitz, which carries on manufactures of machinery and See also:metal goods, See also:cotton and woollen goods, chemicals, hardware, See also:sugar, See also:dyeing and See also:calico-See also:printing
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The thermal springs are fabled to have been discovered as See also:early as 762, but the first See also:authentic mention of the baths occurs in the 16th See also:century
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The town is mentioned in the 12th century, when See also:Judith, See also:queen of See also:Ladislaus I. of Bohemia, founded here a See also:convent for Benedictine nuns, which was destroyed in the Hussite See also:wars
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In the 17th century Teplitz belonged to the Kinskys, and after Kinsky's See also:murder (25th See also:February 1634) the lordship was granted by See also: |
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