a city, the capital of a circle of the same name, in the province of Potsdam in Prussia. It is situated on the river Ucker, and on the north bank of the lake Unterucker. It contains seven Protestant churches, and an institution for education, with nine professors, several hospitals and poor-houses, about nine hundred houses and 10,000 inhabitants, amongst whom is a colony of Frenchmen, established by Protestant refugees. It has considerable manufactures of linen, woollen, and cotton goods, besides tanneries, distilleries and breweries.