ULLES ATEIL [WErruoutLAnn.1 uL5r, a city in the kingdom of Wtirtelsiberg, situated in 48° 21' N. 1st. 10' 0' E. long., in a beautiful and fertile country at the south meters foot of the Swabian Alps, on the left bank of the Danube, which here forms the boundary between Wtirtemberg and Bavaria, and is joined by the Blau, which flows through the town. The Danube 1. here navigable, being about 200 feet broad and 12 feet deep. The city is nearly of an elliptical shape, and the ground on which it stands is tolerably level. l'reviously to the year 1805, it was strongly fortified, but the works have been nearly demolished. Like moat of the old German towns, it has In general irregular and crooked streets, and antique-looking wooden houses; there are how ever some broad handsome streets. Within the city there are three stone and two wooden bridges, over the Blau ; but the handsomest is a storm bridge of three arches over the Danube, which connects the town with the Bavarian village of New Ulm, on the right bank of the Danube. The cathedral of Ulm, a very fine specimen of ancient gothic' architecture, and one of the largest and loftiest churches in Germany, Is 485 feet long, Including the choir, 200 feet broad, and 150 feet high above the pavement of the nave. The steeple is 337 feet high, and a splendid monument of German art in the middle area The mlnater, or cathedral, was built in the interval 1377-1488.
It contains many curious monuments and works of art ; paintings by old German masters, admirable carved-work, painted-glass window., and a remarkably fine organ. The town-house is a very ancient and spacious edifice. The German-house (des Deutache-haus), containing the principal public office., is considered the bandsomeat and most regular building in the city. The theatre is adorned externally with Corinthian columns. Besides the mineter there are two Lutheran and two Roman Catholic churches. There are in Ulm a gymnasium, a museum, a city library, a large hospital, and numerous charitable institutions. The city bas about 14,000 inhabitants, who manu facture linen, silks, snuffs, tobacco, tobacco-pipes, porcelain, &c. This city has a very considerable trade; great quantities of manufactured goods and of the productions of the country arc sent down the Danube to Vienna. Ulm capitulated to Napoleon (Oct. 17, 1805); General Meek and the Austrian garrison of 23,000 men were made prisonera of war. It is connected with Stuttgardt, Augsburg, and Munich by railways.