BUNTZLAU, a circle in the Austrian kingdom of Bohemia. It extends over 1578 square miles, or 1,009,920 acres, and comprehends twenty-three cities, eighteen towns, and 1034 villages, with 57,640 houses. The inhabitants amount to 352,756. A range of lofty mountains separates this circle from the kingdom of Saxony. The chief place is New Buntzlau, on the river Isar, containing two monasteries, six churches, and about 4000 inhabitants, partly employed in making woollen goods, but chiefly in tanning leather.