a walled town of Prussia, province of Brandenburg and government of Potsdam, on the Dosse, 60 miles N.W. of Berlin. It has a handsome church and town-house, and a large invalid hospital; and carries on extensive manufactures of woollen and linen stuffs and tobacco. Pop. 6824.

WOUBURN, a market-town of England, Bedfordshire, 16 miles S.S.W. of Bedford and 41 from London. It owes its origin to a Cistercian abbey founded here in 1145, the site of which was subsequently granted by Edward VI to John, Lord Russell, afterwards Duke of Bedford. The town was destroyed by fire in 1724, and since that time it has been rebuilt in a regular manner. The market-house Wodrow is a handsome edifice, rebuilt in 1830 in the Tudor style. The parish church, an ancient structure erected by the last Abbot of Woburn and recently restored, has a pinnacled campanile tower. There are also places of worship for Independents and Methodists, a free school, and several almshouses. In the neighbourhood of the town is Woburn Abbey, the principal seat of the Duke of Bedford. It is a magnificent quadrangular pile of building, upwards of 200 feet square, with an Ionic front, and is splendidly fitted up internally, and enriched with valuable paintings, sculptures, &c. The park in which it stands is 12 miles in circuit, beautifully diversified with wood and water, and well stocked with deer. Pop. of parish (1851) 2049.