a city of Denmark, in the province of Holstein, the capital of a bailiwick of the same name. It stands on a beautiful bay, resembling a lake, on the Baltic, and has an excellent harbour. It contains near 800 houses, with 8000 inhabitants. It is a well-built city, containing a university of high character, with about 250 students, an observatory, a museum of natural history, and a library of 60,000 volumes. It is a place of considerable trade, both in the productions of the vicinity and in foreign commodities, and in ship-building and the fisheries. Long. 10. 4. E. Lat. 54. 16. N.