an ancient and considerable town of Denmark, the metropolis of a duchy of the same name, in the province of Gottorp, the see of a bishop, which was secularized in the year 1586. The old palace of Gottorp is close to it, which was formerly the ducal residence, but afterwards inhabited by the governor. This town at one period was much more extensive than it is now, having suffered greatly by the German wars. It is seated on the gulf of Sley, where there is a commodious harbour, 60 miles north-west of Lubeck, and 125 south-west of Copenhagen. The people boast that the German language is here spoken with as much accuracy as at Vienna, of which, however, a good German scholar can alone be judge. Sleswick has but little trade, as none but small boats can have access to it, the passage of the Sley having been long since choked up with sand and mud; before which period it was both flourishing and populous. It is now chiefly inhabited by the officers of the castle, and the poorer classes, or the attendants on the court and on them. The present population is said to be about 7000. E. Long. 10° 0'. N. Lat. 54° 40'.

duchy of, or South Jutland, is about 100 miles in length and 60 in breadth, and contains 3600 square English miles, and in 1802 about 340,800 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by North Jutland, on the east by the Baltic sea, on the south by Holstein, and on the west by the ocean. It contains 14 cities, 17 towns, 13 castles, 278 parishes, 1480 villages, 162 farms, 116 water-mills, and 106 gentlemen's seats. It is a pleasant, fertile, populous country, and a sovereign duchy. Formerly the king of Denmark had half of it, and the other belonged to the house of Holstein-Gottorp; but the former having conquered this duchy, had the possession of it confirmed to him by the treaty of the north in 1720.