GOIUTZ, Goat, or GoniTl.t, is a town of Germany, situated in a district of the same name. The town is hand some, and is picturesquely situated on the river Lisonzo. A great number of the houses are good, and belong to no ble families. It has seven convents, nine chapels, and a college. The opera. house, though not very neat without, is elegant and commodious within. The fort commands an extensive view over the surrounding country. On the north side of the town are eminences of moderate height, affording all the characteristics of the finest Swiss scenery ; while on the south the plain country exhibits all the beau ties of an Italian climate.
The district of Goritz contributes annually along with Gradisca, an insignificant town, 41,502 florins to the main tenance of the army. The country produces wine, fruits, silk, and corn. Population 12,000.
GO n LITZ is a town of Germany in Upper Lusatia. It is situated on the river Neisse. Besides the cathedral, there are two churches within the walls, and three without. The organ is reckoned the finest in Europe, next to that of Haarlem. The great spire, the chapel of St George cut out of the rock, the public library, and the collections of the Society of Sciences of Upper Lusatia, are worthy the notice of strangers. The mountains of Gorlitz near the
village of Konigshayn, about 4 miles from the town, are composed of vast masses of granite ; on one of which, a lofty granite column has been erected to the memory of M. Von Sehachman, the proprietor of Konigshayii. Nume rous fragments of granite are scattered around these moun tains. On the road from Gorlitz to Konigshayn, is situa ted the once celebrated holy sepulchre. It is an exact re presentation of that which was shewn in Palestine in the 15th century. The baths of Liebwerda, about five miles from Gorlitz, are generally visited by strangers. Gorlitz has long been celebrated as a flourishing manufacturing town. Cloth is fabricated here in great quantities ; and during the last 20 years, considerable improvements have been made, particularly in the quality of that article, by the attention which is paid to the breed of sheep, and the im portation of Spanish rams. Linen and cotton stuffs are also manufactured here. Population 8500.