Škoda Works
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The Škoda Works was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates of the 20th century, founded by Czech engineer Emil Škoda in 1859 in Plzeň, then in the Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire. It is the predecessor of today's Škoda Auto, Doosan Škoda Power and Škoda Transportation companies.
Škoda Works
Share of the Škodawerke AG, issued 1. February 1900
Škoda 75 mm Model 15
Panzer 35(t) tank
Plzeň
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Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic. About 78 kilometres west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 181,000 inhabitants, and about 323,184 people in its urban area.
Chlum, the highest point in Plzeň
Engraving of Plzeň from 1602
Plzeň in the interbellum
Memorial to the 16th Armored Division of the United States Army at the top of Americká, the main commercial boulevard