a town of Saxony, in the circle of Dresden, stands on the left bank of the Elbe, 10 miles S.E. of Dresden. It rises in terraces from the river up to the fortress of Sonnenstein, which is now used as a lunatic asylum. This fortress was stormed by the Swedes in 1639; and in 1758 the Prussians took it, and destroyed the outer works. The town is surrounded by walls, and entered by two gates. It contains a fine Gothic parish church, several other churches, an orphan hospital, and a handsome railway station. It is the seat of a court of law, and of several public offices. Calico, porcelain, beet-root sugar, &c., are manufactured here; and there is a considerable trade and navigation on the Elbe. In the vicinity there are good quarries of sandstone. Pop. 6592.