(the Hungarian *Nagy-Szeben*, the Wallachian *Sziibin*, the Roman *Cibinium*), a town of Hungary, capital of Saxon-land, in Transylvania, on the Zibin, near the Wallachian frontier, 72 miles S.E. of Klausenburgh; N. Lat. 45° 47′; E. Long. 24° 10′. It is the seat of the highest tribunal in the province, the residence of the governor, the see of a Greek bishop, and head-quarters of the military commandant of Transylvania. The town, surrounded by a double wall and deep ditch, has five gates, and is divided into two parts, the upper and lower. The connexion between the two is kept up by flights of stone steps. The old citadel stands in the upper town. The houses are Gothic, and regularly built, and the streets, though narrow, are clean. It has a square in which are a fountain and statue. The important buildings are,—the Brückenthal palace, which contains a public library of 15,000 vols., picture gallery, and museums of medals and antiquities; the Lutheran cathedral, Gothic town-hall, barracks, hospital, and numerous churches. In the Lutheran gymnasium, divinity, law, and philosophy are studied. The manufactures of Hermannstadt are linen and woollen stuffs, hats, leather, and ropes. It has also paper and powder mills; but its trade has declined. The Carpathian Mountains in the vicinity afford fine views. Pop. 20,000.