English Translation

68 - 3 - In fact, Catholicism has retained its power throughout the territory and since the establishment of the Protectorate it has strengthened. Revolutions of general character (e.g., 1848, Husite period, etc.) passed without trace to Pilsen. On the other hand, Pilsner's greatest pride is that the leaders of the Rumburg Uprising were V o d i č ka and N o h a compatriots, and that the Pilsn Maffia worked particularly actively during the war. The barracks of the "Thirty-Five Regiment" were immensely popular, among them both under Austria and under Benesch. But only one song, which is still sung today, remained of it, because when the Klattauer citizen M a c h n i k became minister, he transferred the regiment to his own home town, to the general indignation of the Pilsner population. Under the present circumstances, however, this act has a favorable effect, because the Germans have, so to speak, washed away from the transfer of the regimental. The surrounding area of Pilsner is proud of its agricultural products, its frying geese and the herb of Kschimitz and Radschitz, as well as the mighty coal mines of Nürshan, which fell to the Reich in autumn 1938 with the Sudetengau. The population has always been very familiar with the term "Black Pilsen" (because of the Russian), which is not used without a certain pride of work. Later, during the time of the Republic, the term 'Red Pilsen' became increasingly common, in this case used in the political sense. The Catholics coined the expression "always faithful Pilsen", because during the Husite Wars Pilsen had held up. Today, the newspaper published by Pilsner Archdechant Havelka bears this name (Vždy věrná Plzen). This is the image of the city of Pilsen and its inhabitants, together with the surrounding area. As was already mentioned at the beginning, who lives in Pilsen a German foundation and by Germans. From 1775 there was no Czech school here, because no one was necessary. Only in the 19th century did the traditions change completely by the arrival of Skoda workers,