Aussig

Aussig, a flourishing town in Northern Bohemia, on the left bank of the Elbe, here joined by the Biela, 66 miles NNW. of Prague by rail. It has several large factories, including the principal chemical works in Austria, and carries on an active trade in fruit, timber, stoneware, paraffin, and especially in coal. Its once strong fortifications were destroyed by the Hussites in 1426. The town-church, said to have been built in 826, possesses a Madonna by Carlo Dolce, presented by the father of Raphael Mengs, who was born here. Pop. (1890) 23,646.