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

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