a city of Prussian Silesia, in the government of Reichenbach, the capital of a circle of the same name, which extends over 203 square miles, and contains three other towns and seventy-one villages, with 41,900 inhabitants. It stands on the river Westrig, at the foot of a lofty hill. It was the strongest fortification on the frontier, but having been taken by the French in 1807, has not since been restored. It contains two Catholic and two Lutheran churches, one of the former of which has the highest tower in Germany. It has a gymnasium, military storehouse, and barracks now unoccupied, and 700 houses, with 11,600 inhabitants, who carry on extensive manufactures of woollen, silk, and linen goods. Long. 16° 31'. 25". E. Lat. 50° 47'. 8". N.