OLDENBURG, a city, the capital of the duchy of the same name in the north-east of Germany. It is situated on the river Hunte, which is navigable to the Weser, and is surrounded with walls planted with lime trees, being well built and clean, but in an antique style. The duke has a large and old, but not an elegant palace, on the grand parade, adjoining to the city. The city contains two churches, two hospitals, and 660 houses, with 5420 inhabitants, who subsist chiefly from the expenditure of the court, of the tribunals, and of the civil officers of the government. It has little trade excepting at its two great fairs. Long. 8. 6. I. E. Lat. 53. 8. 33. N.