STRIEGAU
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V25,
Page 1024
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
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
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
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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