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Lessing, the painter ; and Lassalle, the social reformer. Its university, founded 

 in 1702 by the Jesuits as a school of theology, but now a liberal institution, 

 is attended by 1,300 students, and possesses a library of 330,000 volumes, the 

 town library containing 200,000. Within 5 miles of Breslau is the famous 

 Field of Dogs (Hundsfeld), where the army of Henry V. was cut to pieces by the 

 Poles (1109). 



Three rivers join the Oder a short distance below Breslau, viz. the Weida, 



Fig. 194.— The Town-hall of Breslau. 



Lohe, and Weistritz. Oeh (8,874 inhabitants) and Namslau (5,383 inhabitants), in 

 the valley of the Weida, to the east of the Oder, are of some importance, but the 

 towns towards the west, in the coal basin lying at the foot of the Eulengebirge, far 

 surpass them. Schweidnifz (19,681 inhabitants), the principal town of this mining 

 district, which annually yields nearly 2,000,000 tons of coal, has factories of every 

 description, but is more especially noted for its gloves. Waldenburg (14,704 

 inhabitants) has potteries, and all the other towns of the district, including Reichen- 



