Königgrätz

Königgrätz, a town of Bohemia, on the Elbe, 73 miles by rail E. by N. from Prague. It is the seat of a bishop, and has a Gothic cathedral. The fortifications erected in 1780-89 have been recently razed. Here Ziska was buried in 1424. Pop. (1890) 7815; with its four suburbs, 16,500. A signal victory was gained here by 240,000 Prussians over 220,000 Austrians on 3d July 1866. The Prussian loss was 9000 men, the Austrian 21,000, with 22,000 prisoners. The Austrians name the battle Sádova from an adjoining village nearer the centre of the battlefield.