LANDSHUT, a city of the province of the Isar, situated on that river, in the kingdom of Bavaria. It is in a picturesque situation, overlooked by an ancient castle on an eminence. It contains about 600 houses, and 8200 inhabitants. It is the seat of a university, in which are from 600 to 700 pupils, and which possesses a library of 100,000 volumes, and several appropriate institutions for instruction in law, medicine, surgery, midwifery, and the sciences. The trade is considerable. Near it some wine is produced. Long. 12. 4. 26. E. Lat. 48. 5. 55. N.