Gitschin (Czech Jičín), a town of Bohemia, 60 miles by rail NE. of Prague, with 8071 inhabitants, who manufacture sugar and carry on agriculture. Gitschin was once the capital of the duchy of Friedland, and here Wallenstein built a splendid palace (1630). On 29th June 1866 the Austrians were severely defeated here by the Prussians.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 221
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