Beuthen, a town of Prussian Silesia, 121 miles SE. of Breslau by rail, close to the Polish frontier. It lies in a mining district, and has manufactures of woollen cloths and earthenware. Pop. (1871) 17,942; (1890) 36,905.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 111–112
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