Budweis

Budweis (Czech Budejovice), a town of Bohemia, on the navigable Moldau, 133 miles N.W. of Vienna by rail. It has a cathedral, with a detached belfry dating from about 1550, manufactures of stoneware, machines, lead-pencils, saltpetre, &c., besides a brisk trade in grain, wood, coal, and salt. Pop. (1890) 28,491. In the neighbourhood is Schloss Frauenberg (1840-47), the seat of Prince Schwarzenberg.