Oppeln

Oppeln, a town of Prussian Silesia, on the Oder, 51 miles SE. of Breslau. Since 1816, when it was erected into a seat of government for Upper Silesia, the town has been much beautified both with new edifices and with parks and gardens. Its church of St Adalbert was founded in 995; and there is an old castle on an island in the Oder. The manufactures include pottery, cigars, cement, beer, leather, &c., and there is a considerable trade in grain and cattle. Pop. (1875) 12,498; (1885) 15,975. See Idzikowski's Geschichte der Stadt Oppeln (1863).