a strong town situated on the island of Rugen in the Baltic. It stood on a high promontory, with the east, north, and south sides defended by steep and lofty precipices, and the west by a wall 50 feet high, proportionably thick, and secured by a deep and broad ditch. It was, however, taken and ruined, in 1168, by Valdemar king of Denmark. One of the conditions imposed by the conqueror was, that the inhabitants should destroy a temple they had erected to St Vitus, and deliver up the vast treasure belonging to this tutelary saint. Another was, that they should pay 40 silver yokes for oxen, by way of tribute, and enter as soldiers in the Danish service when called upon.