(Bohem. Zatecz, Lat. Zateceum), a town of Bohemia, capital of a circle of the same name, on the Eger, here crossed by a suspension-bridge, 40 miles W.N.W. of Prague. It is an ancient, ill-built, and wretched-looking place, containing numerous churches (the principal one a large clumsy building), two convents, schools, a town-hall, and a court-house. There are breweries and manufactories of nails in the town. The hops grown in the vicinity are much esteemed, being considered the best in Bohemia. There is some trade in that article and in corn. Pop. 5554.