a walled town, capital of a circle of the same name, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg and government of Potsdam, on the River Rohrbach, 40 miles S.S.W. of Berlin, with which it is connected by railway. It has manufactures of woollen and linen cloth, and some trade in horses, cattle, and wool. In the church of St Nicholas is the indulgence-box taken from Tetzel by a knight to whom he had previously sold a pardon for any sins he might commit. At Dennewitz, in the vicinity, on 6th September 1813, the Prussians under Bülow defeated the French under Ney. Pop. (1849) 5632.