WALDENBURG  , a

town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Silesia, 39 M . S.W. of Breslau by the line to Hirschberg and Gorlitz Pop . (1905) 16,435 . It contains a handsome town hall, three Protestant and two Roman Catholic churches . Walden-burg lies in the centre of the productive coal district of the Waldenburger Gebirge, a branch of the Sudetic chain, and its inhabitants are largely occupied in the mining industry . Among other industrial establishments are a large porcelain and earthen-ware factory, extensive fireclay works, glassworks and a china-painting establishment; there are also numerous flax-spinneries and linen-factories in the neighbourhood . Adjoining the town on the south is the village of Oberwaldenburg, pop . (1905) 4958, with a chateau and some coal mines . Waldenburg became a town in 1426 .