a town of Germany, in Franconia, and in the county of Henneberg; famous for the confederacy entered into by the German Protestants against the emperor, commonly called the league of Smalkald. The design of it was to defend their religion and liberties. It is seated on the river Werra, twenty-five miles south-west of Erford, and fifty north-west of Bamberg. Long. 10. 53. E. Lat. 50. 40. N. It is subject to the prince of Hesse-Cassel.