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BUNZLAU

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 806 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUNZLAU , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in Prussian See also:Silesia, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Bober, 27 M. fromLiegnitz on the See also:Berlin-See also:Breslau railway, which crosses the See also:river by a See also:great viaduct. 'Op. (1900) 14,590. It has a handsome See also:market square, an Evangelical and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church, and monuments to the See also:Russian See also:field See also:marshal See also:Kutusov, who died here, and to the, poet See also:Martin Opitz von Boberfeld. The Bunzlau pottery is famous;, woollen and See also:linen See also:cloth are manufactured, and there is a considerable See also:trade in See also:grain and See also:cattle. Bunzlau (Boleslavia) received its name in the 12th See also:century from See also:Duke Boleslav, who separated it from the duchy of See also:Glogau. Its importance was increased by numerous privileges and the See also:possession of extensive See also:mining See also:works. It was frequently captured and recaptured in the See also:wars of the 17th century, and in 1739 was completely destroyed by See also:fire. On the 3oth of See also:August 1813 the See also:French were here defeated on the See also:retreat from the Katzbach by the Silesian See also:army of the See also:allies.

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