PEINA, a city of the kingdom of Hanover, in the province of Hildesheim, the capital of a bailiwick of the same name, situated on the river Fuse. It is surrounded with walls, and contains a castle used now as a workhouse, a Catholic and a Lutheran church, a capuchin monastery, 440 houses, and 3460 inhabitants, employed chiefly in spinning
and weaving linen goods, and in agriculture. Long. 10. 6. 31. E. Lat. 52. 19. 34. N.