the capital of an extensive Prussian circle of the same name in the province of Brandenburg, is a place of considerable trade, on the railway line between Berlin and Breslau, and about 50 m. e. of the former city. Frankfurt lies. in lat. 52' 22' n., and long. 14° 33' east. Pop. in 1875, 47,176. It is a handsome, well-built town, and has three suburbs, one of which lies on the right hank of the Oder, and is con nected with the remainder of the town by a wooden bridge. Of the six Protestant churches, St. Mary's. founded in the 13th c., is the most worthy of notice, for its large organ, richly-gilt wood-carvings, and fine stained windows. The university, founded in 1506, was incorporated in 1811 with that of Breslau, hut Frankfurt still has its distinct gymnasium, with its branch-schools. Three great fairs are still annually held at Frank furt, but although they are still attended, as of old, by many Poles and Silesians, sales are less brisk than in former times. Frankfurt has manufactures of iron-ware, porce lain and pottery, sugar, felt, bone-dust, liquors, chocolate, paper, leather, silk, and wool
stuffs. Its situation on a navigable river, connected by canals with the Vistula and the Elbe, affords great commercial and social advantages, which have rendered it a place of importance from a Very early period. It was it flouriShing member of the Hanseatic league, and during the middle ages it suffered frequently at the hands of marauding enemies. It was besieged in 1430 by the Hussites, in 1450 by the Poles, and in 1477 by the duke of Sagan. In the thirty years' war, it was frequently taken by both parties, and at the beginning, of the present century it suffered severely at the hands of the French. Frankfurt is the seat of the administrative government, judicial tribunal,. council of nobility, and boards of taxation for its circle. The village of Kunersdorf,_ 4+ in. from Frankfurt, was the scene of a great battle, fought Aug. 12, 1759, between. Frederick the great and the Russo-Austrian forces, in which the former was compelled.
to retreat with great loss.
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