GRATZ

GRATZ, a handsome strong town of Germany, and capital of Styria, with a castle seated on a rock,

and an university. The Jesuits have a college here; and there are a great number of handsome palaces, and a fine arsenal. The castle stands on a very lofty hill, and communicates with the river by means of a deep well. The empress-dowager was obliged to retire hither during the war of 1741 and 1742. It is seated on the river Muer, in E. Lon. 16. 25. N. Lat.

47. 4. GRAVE, in music, is applied to a sound which is of a low or deep tone.