KRASNISTAW, a town of Poland, in the province of Lublin, the capital of a circle of its own name, on a lake and the river Wieprz. It is surrounded with walls, and defended by a citadel, and contains 481 houses, and 3240 inhabitants, of whom many are Jews. Long. 23. 1. 39. E. Lat. 50. 58. 46. N.