Neisse, a town of Prussian Silesia, and an important fortress of the second rank, is situated in a broad valley on the Neisse, an affluent of the Oder, 50 miles SE. of Breslau. It manufactures arms, linen, and chemicals, and has great wool-markets. Pop. 20,507. Neisse was formerly the chief town of a principality, and residence of a prince-bishop.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 431
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