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

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