Prague

1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Prague, by the Inhabitants called Prag, Praga, Casurgi•, Marobudum, Bubiemum, the Capital City of the Kingdom of Bohemia; an Archbishopric, kinstituted by Pope Clement VI. and the Royal City; or rather three Cities within one Wall; which together make it undoubtedly the greatest City in Germany. It stands upon the River Muldau, (called by the Inhabitants Vetaue) a large rapid River, covered by a Stone Bridge of sixteen great Arches, seventeen hundred foot long, and thirty five broad. This City is divided into three parts; the Old, the New, and the Little City. The Old lies on the East of the Muldau; very populous, full of Buildings; and in this the University was founded by the Emperor Charles IV. about the year 1370. 2. The New is very large; separated from the former by a large Ditch or Trench. 3. The Klein Seitten, or Lesser Prague, for pleasantness, beauty of Buildings, and fair Palaces, far exceeds the other two: this lies on the West of the Muldau: in this is the Royal Palace, the Cathedral Church (dedicated to S. Veit) built by S. Wenceslaus Duke of Bohemia, in 923. The Circuit of the City is very great: there are many Hills and void spaces in it; yet it is more populous than Florence, and the Streets larger. Dr. Brown in his Travels, has given an exact account of it. It seems to be a Place of great Antiquity; and to be the Marobudum of Ptolemy. John King of Bohemia took it from Henry Duke of Carinthia, in 1311. The Inhabitants imprisoned Winceslaus their King in 1392. George Podiebrach, the Revenger of the Perfidy of the Council of Constance, took it in 1441. The University was opened here by Charles IV. Emperour of Germany, in 1370. which has had above forty thousand Students at once in it; especially in the time of John Hus, about 1409. (whose Doctrines were condemned in a Council, assembled by the Archbishop of Prague here in 1405. according to the German Writers.) But it is most famous for the Defeat of the Protestant Forces near its Walls, Novemb. 8. 1620. by Maximilian Duke of Bavaria; which was after severely revenged in the Swedish Wars. And in this City May 26. 1635. a Peace was made between the Emperour and his Protestant Subjects. It lies fifteen German Miles from Budweiss to the North, eighteen from Dresden, and thirty eight from Vienna to the North-East. A Fire endammaged it June 21. 1689. to the value (as they computed it) of two Millions.

Long. 36. 38. Lat. 50. 06. //Paris Meridian was used in the book