a city in the circle of Brunn, in the Austrian province of Moravia. It is the municipal city of a majorat belonging to Prince Dietrichstein, which comprehends four market-towns and eight villages. There is a most magnificent palace, in a most picturesque situation, belonging to the noble proprietor, in which is a library containing 20,000 volumes. There are a minster and several other churches, with 760 houses and 7420 inhabitants, who carry on some extensive woollen and cotton manufactures, and much internal trade towards Vienna. Near to it are vineyards, yielding good wine. Long. 16. 31. 25. E. Lat. 48. 47. N.