Brésil

See Brazil. Breslau (bres'lou). [Pol. Wraclaw or Wracis L. Wratislavia .] The capital of the ince of Silesia, Pru ia, situated at the junction Rochefort and others. of the Ohlau with the Oder, in lat. 51° 7′ Ν., long. 17° 3′ E. It is the second city of Pru ia, and is one of the chief commercial centers in Germany, having trade in grain, wool, timber, metals, cloth, etc., and manufactures of cloth, spirits, etc. It contains a cathedral, university, Rathaus, Stadthaus (with library and collections), etc. It was a town as early as 1000 A. D., and was the capital of the medieval duchy of Silesia. It came Bretons (bret'onz). The natives of Britt any. under Bohemian rule in 1335, and pa ed with Bohemia to the Hapsburgs. In 1741 it was captured by Frederick the Great, and was besieged and taken by the French 1806-07. It was the scene of an uprising against the IMG:content-0221.png:[ocr errors] century, with earlier choir and later vestibule. It po e es a great number of chapels, several of them very richly ornamented with sculpture and containing fine tombs with statues and reliefs, besides bra es and paintings. Population (1890), 335,186. Breslau. A governmental district in the province of Silesia, Pru ia. Population (1890), 1,599,232. Breslau, Peace of. Lord Hyndford, representing the Queen of Hungary, Maria The res a,