a city, the capital of a district of the same name, in the province of Saxony in Prussia. It is situated on the river Saale, which divides above the town into several streams, and these form a number of islands, on which it is built, and which are connected by several bridges. It contains 2212 houses, and 21,570 inhabitants, including the university and the suburbs. The university is an ancient institution, with a great number of professors, and about five hundred pupils. It has a botanical garden, a chemical laboratory, and an observatory, with a library of 50,000 volumes. It is highly esteemed as a school of surgery, medicine, and midwifery. There is also an orphan-house with two hundred children. It is a manufacturing town for coarse cloths, flannels, and friezes, and for hats and hosiery. Long. 11. 53. 40. E. Lat. 51. 29. 5. N.