a handsome town of Silesia in Germany, and the residence of the bishop of Breslau, who has a magnificent palace here. The air is very wholesome, and provisions are cheap; the inhabitants carry on a great trade in wine and linen. This place suffered greatly by an inundation and fire in 1729. It was taken by the Prussians in 1741, who augmented the fortifications after the peace in 1742, and built a citadel to which they gave the name of Prussia. It is situated on a river of the same name; in E. long. 17° 35' N. lat. 50° 32'.