a town of Württemberg, circle of Jäxt, on the Reins, 28 miles E.N.E. of Stuttgart. It is surrounded by old walls, flanked with towers, and has three very ancient churches, a handsome town-hall, normal school, hospital, deaf-mute institution, a blind and an orphan asylum, &c. The chief manufactures are woollens, jewellery, and wooden wares. Pop. 6898.

GMÜNEN, a town of Upper Austria, circle of Traun, at the northern extremity of the Traun or Gmünden Lake, where the river Traun issues from it, 36 miles S.W. of Linz, with which it is connected by railway. It is noted for the beauty of its situation; and in the vicinity are numerous salt-mines, which afford employment to the greater part of its inhabitants. Pop. 3300.