a town of Bohemia, about 15 miles west of Prague, in 14° E. long. and 50° N. lat.

BERN is also the name of a city and canton in Switzerland; the former being situated in 7° 20' E. long. and 47° N. lat.

The Canton of Bern is by far the most extensive and powerful of all Switzerland: Their government is aristocratical and their religion protestant, according to the Presbyterian form.