a walled town in the Prussian province of Silesia, government of Liegnitz, capital of a cognominal circle on the left bank of the Neisse, 52 miles W. of Liegnitz, and 56 miles E. of Dresden, on the railway between these two towns. It is pleasantly situated, and is generally well and regularly built, and has three suburbs. It has eight churches, that of St Peter being a very fine edifice, a townhouse, a house of correction, orphan asylum, three hospitals, a public library of 9000 volumes, a gymnasium, Moravian training institution, and several literary and scientific associations. It has also manufactures of linen and woollen cloths, and a considerable trade in grain and other agricultural produce. Pop. (1849) including the military and the suburbs, 19,032.