Berounka River

river, Czech Republic

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The Berounka River is a western tributary of the Vltava River in the Czech Republic. It flows through Bohemia and joins the Vltava near Mělník. The Vltava is the longest river in the Czech Republic, flowing approximately 270 miles (435 km). The Berounka's drainage basin is part of the larger Vltava basin. The Vltava River itself is celebrated in Bedřich Smetana's symphonic poem cycle Má vlast ("My Country").1

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…tributaries gather to form the Berounka River. On a busy trade route between Prague and Bavaria, Plzeň was first recorded in the 10th century, chartered in 1292, and fortified in 1295 by King Wenceslas II. It was a Roman Catholic stronghold in the 15th century during the Hussite Wars and…
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…tributaries gather to form the Berounka River. On a busy trade route between Prague and Bavaria, Plzeň was first recorded in the 10th century, chartered in 1292, and fortified in 1295 by King Wenceslas II. It was a Roman Catholic stronghold in the 15th century during the Hussite Wars and…
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