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LASPHE

Volume 13 · 67 words · 1842 Edition

a town of Prussian Westphalia, in the go- vernment of Arensburg, and circle of Witgenstein. It stands on the river Lahn, and contains 160 houses, with 1720 inhabitants, who are chiefly occupied in making iron wares. Adjoining to the city is the palace of Prince Witgenstein, whose dominions, now mediatised, extended over 170 square miles, and comprehended two towns, twenty-eight villages, and 120 houses, with 8800 inhabitants.