Ascii, a town of Bohemia, situated near the frontiers of Saxony and Bavaria, 14 m. N. W. of Eger; pop. in 1869, 9,405. It is the seat of an important industry, especially in silk and woollen goods. Formerly the "dominion of Asch," embracing an area of 41 sq. m., was an immediate territory of the German empire; in 1331 it was made a fief of the Bohemian crown, but received in return a promise of a perpetual exemption from taxes; its entire incorporation with Bohemia did not take place till 1770.