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Liberec (pronounced [ˈlɪbɛrɛts] (help · info), German: Reichenberg, Romany: Libertsis) is since 1945 a city of the Czech Republic and the capital and largest city of the ... - Liberec Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liberec Region (Czech: Liberecký kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the northernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. - Liberec definition of Liberec in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
Liberec (lĭ`bĕrĕts), Ger. Reichenberg, city (1991 pop. 101,967), N Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the Lausitzer Neisse (Lužická Nisa) River and near the German and Polish ...
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Liberec (German, Reichenberg), city in north-west Czech Republic, capital of Liberec Region, on the Lužická Nisa (Neisse) River. The principal industry is the manufacture of textiles, which has earned Liberec the nickname of the “Bohemian Manchester”. Points of interest include a 16th-century church and a 17th-century castle. The city was founded in the 14th century. Liberec was mainly a German city before and during World War II (1939-1945), but after the war it became entirely Czech. Population 99,102 (2003 estimate).
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