town of Prussia, province of Brandenburg, and capital of the government of Frankfort, stands on the left bank of the Oder, 50 miles E. by S. of Berlin, with which, since 1842, it has been connected by railway. The town is regularly built, and surrounded by old walls with towers and ditches. It has three suburbs, one of which stands on the opposite bank of the river, and communicates with it by means of a wooden bridge. The university founded here in 1506 was removed to Breslau in 1810. Frankfort has a Roman Catholic and six Protestant churches, a synagogue, gymnasium, obstetric school, orphan asylum, workhouse, theatre, &c. Being the capital of a government, it is the seat of a superior and other judicial tribunals, of boards of taxation, agriculture, &c. Though inferior to its namesake on the Maine, it is a place of considerable commercial activity, being situated on the high road from Berlin to Silesia, and on a navigable river communicating by canals with the Vistula and the Elbe. It has three annual fairs in the months of February, July, and November, attended by merchants not only from Germany, but also from other parts of Europe. It has manufactures of woollen and silk goods, stockings, gloves, leather, tobacco, sugar, brandy, mustard, &c. Immediately beyond the bridge is a monument to Prince Leopold of Brunswick, who was drowned here in 1785 while attempting to rescue an unfortunate family from an inundation of the Oder. At Kunnersdorf in the vicinity, Frederick the Great was defeated with great loss by the Austrians and Russians on 12th August 1759. Pop. (1849) 29,969. Frankfort, the capital of the state of Kentucky, North America, occupies a very picturesque situation on the east side of the Kentucky river, 62 miles above its confluence with the Ohio. On the opposite bank of the river, which is here 80 yards wide, stands the suburb of South Frankfort, connected with the town by a chain bridge. Frankfort is well and regularly built, and many of the edifices are of white marble. It possesses some trade; steam-vessels of considerable burden come up to the town, and a railway connects it with Louisville on the Ohio. Among its public buildings are the state-house, penitentiary, courthouse, jail, and market-house. It was founded in 1786, and was made the seat of government in 1792. Pop. (1850) 4372.

FRANKLAND'S ISLANDS, a cluster of small islands on the north-east coast of New Holland, about six miles from the land. E. Long. 146., S. Lat. 17. 12.