SCHWEINFURT, a very strong, and formerly a free, and imperial town of Franconia in Germany, with a magnificent palace, where the senators, who were 12 in number, met. The environs are rich in cattle, corn, and wine; the inhabitants are Protestants. They carry on an extensive trade in woollen and linen cloth, goose-quills, and feathers. It is seated on the river Maine, 27 miles north-east of Wurtzburg, and 25 west of Bamberg. E. Long. 10. 25. N. Lat. 50. 15. This town was taken by the French in 1796. It now belongs to Bavaria.