an imperial and Hanseatic town of Germany, in Upper Saxony, and in Thuringia, under the protection of the elector of Saxony; seated in a fertile country, on the river Unstruth, 15 miles north-east of Eisenach, and 45 east by south of Cassel. E. Long. 10° 49'. N. Lat. 51° 13'.

considerable town in Alsace, formerly capital of a republic in alliance with the Swiss. It is populous, and well built, seated in a pleasant fertile country, on an island formed by the river Ill, 15 miles north-west of Basle. It was united to France in 1798, and belongs to the department of the Upper Rhine. E. Long. 7° 24'. N. Lat. 47° 48'.