a city of the duchy of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, in Germany, the capital of the principality and of a bailiwick of the same name. It stands on the river Wipper, is surrounded with walls, and contains the ducal palace, 630 other houses, and 3100 inhabitants. It possesses a salt spring, from which is made culinary salt, the revenue derived from which is divided between the two branches of the sovereign family of Schwartzburg.