a bailiwick in the principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, in Germany. It contains 2 cities, 26 villages, and 5 hamlets, with 9700 inhabitants. The capital of the bailiwick is of the same name. It is divided by the river Werra into two portions, has walls, and a castle, in which a gallery of pictures is preserved, and where a porcelain manufactory is now carried on. A considerable trade is pursued in brewing, distilling, tanning, and the sale of grain. It contains 726 houses and about 4300 inhabitants. Long. 11. 3. 2. E. Lat. 50. 49. 57. N.