a town of Germany with a good castle, in the south part of Swabia, in the duchy of Würtemberg. It is the usual residence of the youngest sons of the house of Würtemberg, and is seated at the foot of a mountain on the rivulet Ernilt. E. Long. 9° 20'. N. Lat. 48° 25'.

AURÆ, in mythology, a name given by the Romans to the nymphs of the air. They are mostly to be found in the ancient paintings of ceilings; where they are represented as light and airy, generally with long robes and flying veils of some lively colour or other, and fluttering about in the rare and pleasing element assigned to them. They are characterized as sportive and happy in themselves, and wellwavers to mankind.