BUNZLAU  , a

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