a circle in the Austrian kingdom of Bohemia. It extends over 902 square miles, or 577,280 acres, and comprehends nine cities, nineteen market-towns, and 610 villages, with 33,680 houses. The inhabitants amount to 234,600. The Elbe has its source in this circle. The chief place, New Bidschow, is a city containing a church, a Jews' synagogue, and 3460 inhabitants, a great portion of whom are of the Hebrew nation.