tains a Madonna said to date from 1374. — 17 ½ M. Mnichowitz,
with granite works; 26 M. Cerčan-Pišely, where the Sazawa is crossed.
32 M. Beneschau (1195 ft.; Rail. Restaurant), a small town with a
Gothic church of the 13th and 14th centuries. Branch-line to Unter-
Kralowitz (35 ½ M.).
41 ½ M. Wotitz, with a château and a Franciscan convent; branch-
line to selčan (15 M.).
66 M. Tabor ( 1443 ft.; Novy's Hôtel; Rail. Restaurant), with
10,700 inhab., once a stronghold of the Hussites, stands on a bold
eminence between the Luschnitz and the Jordanteich. The walls
erected by Ziska are still partly preserved. In the Ring-Platz, from
which radiate eleven streets, stands the Decanats-Kirche, of 1516,
containing an interesting zinc font ( 1472). In front of the Ctibor
House (Ring-Platz 6), with rich Renaissance ornamentation, is one
of the stone tables at which the Taborites used to partake of the
Communion in both kinds in the open air. Close by is a Statue of
Ziska, by Strachovski ( 1884). The late-Gothic Rathaus, finished
in 1521, bears the city-arms in tufa ( 1515), in a framework which
includes statuettes of Ziska, Procopius, Huss, and Jerome of Prague,
and a group of Adamites. The Municipal Museum, on the upper
floor, contains many local antiquities, chiefly of the Hussite period.
On the E. side of the town, outside the Bechiner Tor, is the pictur-
esque ruined castle of Kotnow; and 4 ½ M. to the S.W. is the pic-
turesque ruin of Přibenic. — Railway from Tabor to Ražitz and
Iglau, see p. 253.
The line follows the right bank of the Luschnitz. 77 M. Sobieslau,
with 3800 inhab., has a late-Gothic church of the 15th century.
81 M. Wesely (Rail. Restaurant), junction for Budweis (p. 253).
From Wesely to Iglau, 58 M., railway in 3-4 hrs. 16 ½ M. Neuhaus
(Fridl), a busy town of 9300 inhab., with a château of Count Czernin (con-
taining valuable archives, a collection of pictures, and fine old furniture),
and a Gothic church of the 15th century. Branch to Neubistritz, (21 ½ M.).
35 M. Ihlawka, station for St. Katharinabad, with its alkaline springs. 40 M.
Ober-Cerekve, whence a branch-line runs to Pilgram (Martinec), a town of
4700 inhab. (2 hrs. to the E. of which rises the Křemešnik, 2516 ft., with
its pilgrimage-church), and to (43 ½ M.) Tabor (see above). 49 M. Wolframs
(Rail. Restaurant). Branch to Zlabings (36 M.). 58 M. Iglau (p. 258).
94 ½ M. Wittingau, a town with 5500 inhab., has a château of
the 15th cent. and a Gothic church of the 14th (fine cloisters).
115 ½ M. Gmünd. Hence to Vienna, see p. 254.
46. From Prague to Breslau.
a. Viâ Mittelwalde.
210 ½ M. PAILWAY in 10 ¼-12 hrs. (fares 26 M, 18 M, 10 M 10 pf.).
Prague, see p. 217. The train starts from the Nordwest-Bahnhof,
crosses a branch of the Moldau, passes beneath the viaduct of the
Staatsbahn (p. 233), and traverses the Jerusalems-Insel. To the left
appear the Moldau and the trees on the Hetz-Insel, to the right the