a mining-town of Bohemia, circle of Czaslau, 38 miles E.S.E. of Prague, on the railway between that city and Vienna. The inhabitants are chiefly dependent on the mines, which have been long worked, and yield silver, copper, lead, arsenic, and zinc, but are much less productive than formerly. Some cotton and woollen stuffs are manufactured, and starch is made. The parish church is a fine Gothic edifice. Pop. (including suburbs) about 10,000.