MINDEN (the principality of), in Germany, lies in the circle of Westphalia, to the north of the county of Ravenburg, and along each side of the river Weser.
Mindora, Mine. It is about 22 miles square, and Minden and Peter- shagen are the principal places. It was formerly a bishopric, but is now secularized: and was ceded to the elector of Brandenburg by the treaty of Westphalia.