a town of Germany, in the circle of Upper Saxony, and marquisate of Brandenburg, seated 38 miles south of Berlin, upon a canal which joins the Oder and the Spree. This canal is 15 miles in length, 10 yards in breadth, and seven feet in depth. It was eight years in making; and since that time the cities of Hamburg and Breslau have carried on great trade by water. E. Long. 14° 50'. N. Lat. 52° 21'.