a very handsome town of Germany, and capital of Upper Austria, with two fortified castles; the one upon a hill, the other below it. Here is a hall in which the states assemble, a bridge over the Danube, a manufacture of gunpowder, and several other articles. It was taken by the French in 1741, but the Austrians retook it in the following year. E. Long. 14. 33. N. Lat. 48. 16.
a town of Germany, in the circle of the Lower Rhine, and electorate of Cologne, subject to LIO Lintz that elector. It is seated on the river Rhine, in E. Long. 7. 1. N. Lat. 50. 31.