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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Aussigg

Aussigg, Aussyenad or Labem, a town of Bohemia, Austria, in a mountainous region near the confluence of the Bila and the Elbe. The church, supposed to be of the ninth century, contains a Madonna by Carlo Dolci, the gift of the father of Raphael Mengs, who was born here. There are coal mines at no great distance, and the chief industries are boat-building, woollen and linen weaving, paper, and chemicals. Mineral waters, paraffin, fruit, and timber are exported.