a city of Prussian Silesia, the capital of a circle of the same name. It is a fortified place, containing 1145 houses, and 9144 inhabitants. It is also a great manufacturing place for spinning cotton and linen, and for woollen cloths. In the neighbourhood are vineyards, which have been rapidly extending, and produce tolerable wine, but in some years more vinegar than wine. Fuller's earth is found copiously near the city. Long. 15. 26. E. Lat. 51. 57. N.

a city of the grand duchy of Hesse, in Germany, of the province of Upper Hesse. It stands at the sources of the river Wetter, and contains 373 houses, with 2342 inhabitants. It is the capital of a bailiwick of the same name, which comprehends one city, one town, thirty villages, and 9553 inhabitants.