Bilin'

Bilin', a town of Bohemia, on the Bila, 5 miles SW. of Teplitz, and famous for its mineral springs, which, of a temperature of 60°, belong to the alkaline group, and are remarkably rich in native carbonate of soda. The waters and their various mineral constituents are exported in great quantities, and the springs are largely sought by sufferers from gastric, catarrhal, or scrofulous complaints. The town, since 1464 the seat of the princes of Lobkowitz, whose castle rises near by, is surrounded with basalt crags, and in its vicinity is a remarkable isolated clinkstone rock, 1754 feet high, Borzenberg or Biliner Stein. Pop. 6604.