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Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about 78 kil
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
Pilsner
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Pilsner is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň, where the world's first pale lager was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery.
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…which became one of the most important engineering companies in Austria-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia. The city is known worldwide as the home of Pilsner beer, created by Bavarian brewer Josef Groll in the city in 1842; today, the Pilsner Urquell Brewery is the largest brewery in the Czech Republic. Plzeň…
Pilsner Urquell, the world's first pale lager and ancestor of today's Pilsners
Historical examples of German pilsner beer labels from East Germany
Can of Belgian Pils represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
A mug of Bitburger, a German-style Pilsner