a town of Bavaria, circle of Upper Bavaria, on the left bank of the Danube, 35 miles S.W. of Ratisbon. It was once a place of great strength, having in 1800 withstood for three months the French under Moreau; and its fortifications, which were demolished after its capture, have been recently rebuilt on an improved plan, and include a bâle-du-pont, and numerous round towers of massive masonry. The town contains a royal palace, nine churches, an hospital, and several charitable institutions. Its university, founded in 1472, where Dr Faustus studied, was in 1800 transferred to Landshut, and afterwards to Munich. Its manufacture of woollen cloths, which was formerly extensive, has, with its other branches of industry and trade, fallen into decay, so that the town is too large for its present population, amounting to about 10,000.