MINDEN, a considerable town of Germany in the circle of Westphalia; and capital of a territory of the same name; seated on the river Weser, which renders it a trading-place. It belongs to the king of Prussia, who has secularized the bishopric. It is 27 miles east-by-south of Osnaburg, and 37 west of Hanover. E. Long. 9. 5. N. Lat. 52. 22.