(Bohem. Pizen, Lat. Pilsna), a town of Bohemia, capital of a circle of the same name, stands at the confluence of the Mies and Radbusa, which form the Be- raun, 53 miles W.S.W. of Prague, and about the same distance S.E. of Eger. It is well built, for the most part of stone, and fortified. Among the public buildings are numerous churches, the most remarkable of which is that of St Bartholomew, a fine Gothic structure, built in 1292. The town-hall and the hall of the Teutonic knights are also in the Gothic style. Pilsen contains two convents, a theatre, a philosophical institution with a library and museum, a grammar school, other educational establishments, two hospitals, and an infirmary. Manufactures are carried on of cloth, leather, and musical instruments. Standing on the high road from Prague to the middle and south of Germany, Pilsen is a place of considerable trade, and its weekly and yearly markets are of some importance. Rich coal-pits and iron mines are worked in the vicinity. Pop. (1851), exclusive of the military, 11,486.