a town of Saxony, circle of Zwickau, on the right bank of the Mulde, 12 miles S.E. of Altenburg. It has several churches, a normal and other schools, an orphan asylum, poorhouse, two hospitals, two castles, and extensive manufactures of woollen and linen goods, hosiery, leather, iron and copper wares, &c. Pop. (1849) 10,350.