HOLESCHAU, Holleschau, or Holesov, chief town of a government district in Moravia, Austria, circle of Hradisch, is situated on the Russawa, 20 miles N.N.E. of Hradisch. It has a large castle in the Italian style (with a fine garden), a beautiful decanal church, and a synagogue. Linen and cloth-weaving are carried on, and there is some trade in honey, wax, hides, and wool. The population in 1869 was 5282, more than a third being Jews.