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Encyclopedia Britannica



KOLIN

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 889 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI
KOLIN , or NEU-KOLIN (also Kollin; Czech, Novy Kaifu), a town of Bohemia, Austria, 40 M. E. of Prague by
rail
 . Pop. (1900), 15,025, mostly Czech. It is situated on the Elbe, and amongst its noteworthy buildings may be specially mentioned the beautiful early
Gothic
 
church
  of St Bartholomew, erected during the latter half of the 14th
century
 . The
industries
  of the town include
sugar
 -refining, steam mills, brewing, and the manufacture of
starch
 , syrup, spirits, potash and tin
ware
 . The neighbourhood is known for the excellence of its fruit and vegetables. Kolin is chiefly famous on account of the battle here on the 18th of June 1957, when the Prussians under Frederick the
Great
  were defeated by the Austrians under Daun (see SEVEN YEARS' WAR). The result was the raising of the siege of Prague and the evacuation of Bohemia by the Prussians. Kolin was colonized in the 13th
century
  by German settlers and made a royal city. In 1421 it was captured by the men of Prague, and the German inhabitants who refused to accept " the four articles " were expelled. In 1427 the town declared against Prague, was besieged by
Prokop
  the
Great
 , and surrendered to him upon conditions at the close of the year.


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