a town of Central Germany, duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen, on the Werra, 17 miles S.E. of Meiningen. It was formerly the capital of Saxe-Hildburghausen till the union of that duchy with Saxe-Meiningen, and is now the seat of a consistory and of an upper district court. It has a gymnasium, normal, trade, and Jewish schools, and a lunatic and an orphan asylum. The castle is a fine building. Manufactures chiefly cloth and papier-maché. Pop. 4300.