A CITY, THE CAPITAL OF A DISTRICT OF THE SAME NAME, IN PRUSSIAN SILESIA. IT STANDS AT THE JUNCTION OF THE RIVER BIELE WITH THE NEISSE, IN A MARSHY SITUATION, THOUGH AT THE HEIGHT OF 580 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. IT IS STRONGLY FORTIFIED, ESPECIALLY WITH EFFECTIVE DITCHES, AND CONTAINS AN EPISCOPAL PALACE, SEVEN CATHOLIC AND TWO LUTHERAN CHURCHES. THERE IS A CATHOLIC COLLEGE, WITH ABOUT 300 STUDENTS, BEHIND A LARGE ENDOWED GRAMMAR SCHOOL. IT CONTAINS 9440 INHABITANTS, AMONGST WHOM ARE EXTENSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF LINEN GOODS; BESIDES WHICH, HOSIERY, HATS, BRANDY, AND OTHER ARTICLES, ARE MANUFACTURED. LONG. 17. 14. E. LAT. 51. 25. N.