a town of the Prussian monarchy, province of the Rhine, government and 13 miles E.S.E. of Düsseldorf, on a hill above the Wupper. It is an ancient place, and has long been celebrated for the manufacture of cutlery; the art of making sword-blades, as practised at Damascus, having been introduced here, as it is said, in the twelfth century. The manufacture of all sorts of hardware still flourishes here; and the cutlery of Solingen is not only highly prized in Europe, but largely exported to Asia and America. It is estimated that there are prepared here annually about 300,000 sword-blades, 500,000 dozen knives and forks, and 200,000 dozen pairs of scissors. Solingen contains Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, a synagogue, and a commercial school. Pop. 7949.