GEORGSWALDE

georgswalde, a town of bohemia, austria, 115 m. n.e. of prague by rail. pop. (1900) 8131, including neu-georgswalde, wiesenthal and philippsdorf, which form together a single commune. georgswalde is one of the oldest industrial places of bohemia, and together with the neighbouring town of rumburg is the principal centre of the linen industry. the village of philippsdorf, now incorporated with georgswalde, has become since 1866 a famous place of pilgrimage, owing to the miracles attributed to an image of the virgin, placed now in a magnificent new church (1885).