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In 1341 King John of Bohemia accorded permission to Jewish families to reside within the Budweis walls and a first synagogue was erected in 1380, however several pogroms occurred in the late 15th and early 16th century.

Since the Hussite Wars, the city was traditionally a bulwark of the Catholic Church during the long-lasting religious conflicts in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

A part of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1526, Budweis remained a loyal supporter of Emperor Ferdinand II in the Thirty Years ' War.

In 1762 the Piarists established a gymnasium here and Emperor Joseph II founded the Budweis diocese in 1785.

In 1847 the production of Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth pencils was relocated from Vienna to Budweis.