BISCHOFSWERDA

bischofswerda, a town of germany, in the kingdom of saxony, on the wesenitz, and at the junction of the dresden-goerlitz and bischofswerda-zittau railways in the governmental district of bautzen. pop. (1905) 7465. there are cloth, artificial flower, and cigar factories, glass-works, potteries, and in the neighbourhood large granite quarries. it is famous as the scene of a battle, on the 12th of may 1813, between the french and the allies after napoleon's retreat from moscow. it was the residence of benno, bishop of meissen, in the 11th century, and the "bishop's road" still runs from here to meissen.