STRIEGAU  , a

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