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BILIN (Czech Bilina)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BILIN (See also:Czech Bilina) , a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 90 m. N. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 7871, chiefly See also:German. It is a very old town situated on the Biela, and contains a 17th-See also:century See also:castle, belonging to See also:Prince Lobkowitz. In the vicinity of the towns are extensive See also:lignite mines. Bilin is famous for its See also:mineral springs, the Biliner Sauerbrunnen. They have a temperature of 45.6° F., and contain a large proportion of bicarbonate of soda. About 4,000,000 bottles of See also:water are exported annually, and another See also:article of export is the See also:salt recovered from the water by evaporation. About 5 M. to the S. of the Sauerbrunnen lies the Boren or Biliner See also:Stein (1763 ft.)a large See also:mass of See also:phonolite or clinkstone, with rare See also:flora and See also:fine view. The town is indeed surrounded by basaltic rocks, the largest of them being the Radelstein (2460 ft.), from which a fine view is obtained.

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