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BIELITZ (Czech Bilsko, Polish Bielsko)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 920 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BIELITZ (Czech Bilsko, Polish Bielsko) , a town of
Austria
 , in Silesia, 8o m. S.E. of Troppau by
rail
 , Pop. (1goo) 16,885, chiefly
German
 . It is situated on the Biala river, just opposite the Galician town of Biala and possesses a fine
castle
  belonging to the Sulkowsky family, in favour of whom the lordship of
Bielitz
  was raised to a duchy in 1752. It has an important woollen and
linen
  industry, and manufactures of jute and machinery, as well as an active
trade
 , especially of woollens, to the
East
 . The town was founded in the 13th
century
 , and in the 15th and 16th was a fortified place.


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