a bailiwick in the circle of Rezat, in the kingdom of Bavaria, extending over 124 square miles, or 79,360 acres, with 2 market-towns and 79 villages. It is an undulating plain, watered by the rivers Rezat, Zenn, and Bidert. It contains 11,800 inhabitants, who draw from its fruitful soil excellent corn and tobacco, and keep many horses and cattle. There is an alabaster and a gypsum quarry worked in the bailiwick. The capital, of the same name, is about 30 miles south-west of Nuremberg, and contains 950 inhabitants.