a strong town of Germany, in the dominions of the Elector Palatine, situated near the Rhine, about seven miles south of Worms. It was taken by the Spaniards in 1623, by the Swedes in 1632, burnt by the French in 1688, and finally taken by the allies in the year 1794. E. Long. 8. 29. N. Lat. 49. 25.