KONIGSHUTTE  , a

town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Silesia, situated in the middle of the Upper Silesian coal and iron district, 3 M . S. of Beuthen and 122 M. by rail S.E. of Breslau . Pop . (1852), 4495; (1875), 26,040; (1900), 57,919 . In 1869 it was incorporated with various neighbouring villages, and raised to the dignity of a town . It has two Protestant and three Roman Catholic churches and several schools and benevolent institutions . The largest iron-works in Silesia is situated at Konigshutte, and includes puddling works, rolling-mills, and zinc-works . Founded in 1797, it was formerly in the hands of government, but is now carried on by a company . There are also manufactures of bricks and glass and a trade in wood and coal . Nearly one-half of the population of the town consists of Poles . See Mohr, Geschichte der Stadt Konigshutte (Konigshutte, 189o) .