ALBECK, or ALTECK, a bailiwick in the circle of Jaxt, in Wirtemberg, extending over 114 square miles, or 72,960 acres. It contains one city, three market-towns, and 13,953 inhabitants. The soil is fertile, and produces good crops of corn, flax, hemp, rape-seed, and fruit. The chief trade depends on spinning linen, and on making various wares of wood.