a strong town of Germany, in Silesia, and capital of a province of the same name, with a castle. It is the handsomest town of Silesia, next to Breslau. The streets are large, the church fine, and the houses well built. The fortifications are not very considerable; the royal palace is turned into a convent. All the magistrates are Roman Catholics; but most of the inhabitants are Protestants, who have a church without the town, as also a public school and bells. It is seated on an eminence on the river Weißritz, 27 miles south-east of Lignitz, and 22 south-west of Breslau. E. Long. 16. 48. N. Lat. 50. 46.