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Domazlice

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Domaźlice

 

a city-preserve in Bohemia, in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, in the foothills of the Český Les Mountains. Here on Aug. 14, 1431, Hussite troops defeated the Crusaders besieging the city. This victory is celebrated in the poetry of Vavřinec of Březové.

REFERENCE

Roubik, F., and K. Vachal. Boj chodského lidu. Plzen, 1962.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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