  256px|thumb|right|the priests' gate Å½atec (; ) is a historic town in louny district, ÃstÃ­ nad labem region, in the czech republic. it is famous for an over-700-year-long tradition of growing saaz noble hops used by several breweries. Å½atec produces its own beer and hosts 'doÄesnÃ¡', its (hops related) harvest festival every year on the town square. ==geography== Å½atec lies on the right bank of the ohÅe river, which is spanned here by a suspension bridge, 64 m (210 ft) long, which is the oldest of its kind in bohemia, having been constructed in 1826. it possesses several ancient churches, of which one is said to date from 1206, and a town hall built in 1559. ==history== the earliest historical reference to the bohemian fortress of sacz is in the latin chronicle of thietmar of merseburg of 1004, when king henry ii of germany reconquered it from the polish duke bolesÅaw i chrobry. during the 11th century it belonged to the vrÅ¡ovci - a powerful czech aristocratic family. it received the privileges of a royal town under king ottokar ii of bohemia in 1265. a coat-of-arms was given to the citizens by king vladislav ii for their courage during the storming of milan. from the outbreak of the hussite wars in 1419 to the thirty years' war, the town was hussite or protestant, but after the battle of white mountain (1620) the greater part of the czech inhabitants left the town, which remained german and roman catholic until 1945, when the germans were transferred to germany. during and after the second world war a messerschmitt production facility and air base for testing aircraft, including new jet fighters, was located close to the town. in 1948 the production facility continued to produce the avia s-199, a version of the messerschmitt bf 109 aircraft which were sold to israel, with the initi
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