KIEL, capital city of the Prussian province of Sleswick-Holstein, lying on a deep fjord or hay of the Baltic, which admits large ships to anchor close to the town, is the station of the greatest portion of the German navy, and is situated in lat. 54° 20' a., and long. 10' 7' east. Pop. '75, 37,270. Kiel is the seat of the supreme court of appeal for the province, and of a university which was founded in 1665, and has a lilrary of 80,000 volumes, an observatory, a botanic garden, a natural history museum, and a good collec tion of northern antiquities. In 1872 an imperial order was issued that an academy for the benefit of all seafarers should be established at Kiel. The town has two bridgts, connecting the northern or older parts with thet rapidly increasing southern suburbs. The most ancient of its five churches is St. Nicholai, which dates from the 13th century. 'The castle has a good sculpture-gallery, containing, among other copies of the best works of art, casts of the Elgin marbles, and of Thor,valdsen's best productions. The public
.gardens and the wooded shores of the fjord, together with the woods of Dlisternbrook {where a bathing establishment has existed since 1822), afford numerous pleasant walks. Kiel, which became a member of the Hanseatic league in the 14th c., was formerly the chief mart for the farm and dairy produce of the Danish islands; and the very ancient -annual fair, which was held for four weeks after Epiphany, was attended by buyers of all classes from every part of the duchies. Kiel has manufactures of tobacco, oil-colors, sugar, machinery, ironmongery, etc. Butter is extensively exported. It is an impor tant link in the line of communication between Germany and the Baltic islands and and steam-packets daily convey passengers and mails to and from the ports of the Baltic and North sea.