Liberec


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Liberec

a city in the N Czech Republic, on the Neisse River: a centre of the German Sudeten movement in 1938. Pop.: 97 000 (2005 est.)
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Liberec

 

a city in Czechoslovakia in the Czech Socialist Republic, North Bohemia Kraj, on the Lužická Nisa River. Population, 73,700 (1971). Liberec is the center for a textile industry (wool, cotton, and silk fabrics). Automobiles and textile machinery are manufactured in the city, and there is a printing industry. Textile trade fairs are held in Liberec.

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