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STRIEGAU

Volume 20 · 50 words · 1860 Edition

a town of the Prussian monarchy, Silesia, in the government and 27 miles W.S.W of Breslau. It has a court-house, Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, an ancient Carmelite convent, a Benedictine nunnery, hospital, and poor-house. Linen and woollen cloth are woven here, and some trade is carried on. Pop. 5884.