a handsome and pretty considerable town of Switzerland, in the territory of Fyen-Aemtert, between the cantons of Zurich and Bern. The inhabitants deal chiefly in paper; and their religion is the Roman-catholic. It is divided into the upper and larger towns, and is very advantageously seated on the river Ruf. E. Long. 8° 25'. N. Lat. 47° 20'.