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° 30 15 N 13 ° 38 20 E / 50.50417, 1 3.63889 Bridge (German Brüx, Lat. Pons) - statutarne town in nor th-western Bohemia, in Mosteckiej Basin, the river Bílina. Lies in the country usteckim, being the capital of the county bridge. Bridge was founded in the tenth century on the trade route from Prague to Freiberg. In the first half. Thirteenth century was a castle on a hill Hněvín, and the settlement was granted city rights. Over the next century the town was developed through trade and cultivation of grapes. The collapse of the center led to the Thirty Years War.