LANDECK

landeck, a town and spa in the prussian province of silesia, on the biele, 73 m. by rail s. of breslau and close to the austrian frontier. pop. (1905) 3,481. it is situated at an altitude of 1400 ft. it has manufactures of gloves. landeck is visited by nearly 10,000 people annually on account of its warm sulphur baths, which have been known since the 13th century. in the neighbourhood are the ruins of the castle of karpenstein. see langner, _bad landeck_ (glatz, 1872); schutze, _die thermen von landeck_ (berlin, 1895); wehse, _bad landeck_ (breslau, 1886); joseph, _die thermen von landeck_ (berlin, 1887), and patschovsky, _fuhrer durch bad landeck und umgebung_ (schweidnitz, 1902).