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STRIEGAU

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 1024 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STRIEGAU , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, on the Striegau See also:Water (Striegauer Wasser), 30 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Breslau. Pop. (1905), 13,427. It contains four See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, among which is that of St See also:Peter and St See also:Paul, with a vaulted roof too ft. in height, the highest in Silesia; a See also:Protestant See also:church and numerous educational and charitable institutions. The See also:chief See also:industries of the See also:place are the making of cigars, See also:malt and machinery; also of albums, portfolios and other articles in See also:leather. See also:Granite is quarried in the neighbourhood and there is an extensive See also:trade in See also:grain. It was near Striegau that See also:Frederick the See also:Great gained the important victory usually named after the See also:village of See also:Hohenfriedberg, on the 4th of See also:June 1745. The town rights of Striegau date from 1242.

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