FRANKENTHAL, a town in the Rhenish circle of Bavaria, 9 miles N.W. of Mannheim, and communicating with the Rhine by a canal 6 miles in length. It owes its rise to some Flemish Protestant refugees who settled here in 1562. It rose very rapidly, so that in 1577 it became a
town, and in 1682 it was the third town in the Palatinate. It suffered severely in the wars of 1688 and 1794-5. The manufactures are considerable, including linen, silk, and cotton goods, porcelain, &c. Pop. 5000.