a city in the Austrian duchy of Sievenburg, the capital of a circle of its own name. It is situated on a hill near the river Kokel, consisting of two towns, one of which is surrounded with walls, and the other a kind of suburb. It contains four Lutheran churches, with a Catholic and a Greek one, 1230 houses, and 7100 inhabitants, chiefly of the Saxon race. There is a Lutheran college, and considerable manufacturing industry employed in making cotton and linen goods. Long. 23° 43' E. Lat. 46° 10' 9' N.