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of Dresden. Population 1200.—Near it is Lower Zwenitz, 
a populous village. 
ZWENKAU, a town of Saxony, on the Elster; 5 miles 
south of Leipsic. Population 1200. 
ZWETL, a town of Lower Austria, at the confluence of 
theZwetl and theKamp; 61 miles west-north-west of. Vienna. 
Population 1200. 
ZWEYSIMMEN, a neat village of the Swiss canton of 
Bern, at the confluence of the Great and Little Simme; 27 
miles south of Bern. 
ZWEZEN, a village of Germany, in Saxe-Weimar, on 
the Saale; 3 miles north of Jena. 
ZWICKAU, a town of Saxony, on the Mulda; 62 miles 
west-south-west of Dresden. It was a free town of the 
empire in the 16th century. It suffered severely in the con¬ 
test between Austria and Prussia. Having coal in the neigh¬ 
bourhood, it carries on manufactures of woollen, cotton, and 
hardware. Its public institutions are, a classical school, a 
library, and a workhouse. 
ZWICKAU, a market town of Bohemia; 4 miles west of 
Gabel. It has manufactures of linen and yarn. Population 
1700. 
ZWIEFALTEN, a territory of the Suabian Alps, in the 
south-west of Germany, belonging formerly to a rich abbey 
of that name, secularised in 1803. 
ZWINGENBERG, a town of the west of Germany, in 
Hesse Darmstadt 5 11 miles south of Darmstadt. Population 
1200. 
ZWISEL, a town of Bavaria, on the river Regen; 50 
miles east-by-south of Ratisbon. Population 1000. 
ZWITTAU, or Zwittawa, a walled town of Moravia; 
37 miles west-north-west of Olmutz. It has manufactures of 
woollen and linen. Population 2600. 
ZWOLIN, a town of Poland; 60 miles south-south-east 
of Warsaw. Population 1100. 
ZWOLL, or Zwolly, a town of the Netherlands, the 
chief place of the province of Overyssel, is on the river Aa, 
which is here called the Zwartewater. It is intersected by 
two canals, and fortified by a wall and ditch, eleven large 
bastions, three forts, and strong outworks. The interior is 
well built; it contains eight churches and a workhouse; but 
the only remarkable structure is the church of St. Michael. 
Outside of the walls are three suburbs; and there are very 
fine walH® on the neighbouring eminence of Agnetenberg 
It has a pretty active trade, enjoying the advantage of a 
direct water carriage to Amsterdam, Enkhuysen, Haarlem, 
and some other towns. The principal manufacture is refin¬ 
ing of sugar. It was formerly one of the Hanse towns; and 
the celebrated Thomas a Kempis was a monk in an Augusti- 
nian priory in this town ; 48 miles east-by-north of Amster¬ 
dam. Population 12,800. 
ZWON1GRAD, a small town in what is termed the mili¬ 
tary frontier of Austrian Croatia, district of Likan. 
ZWONITZ, a town of Saxony; 47 miles south-west of 
Dresden. It has manufactures of cotton and linen. Popu¬ 
lation 1200 . 
ZYDACZOW, a town of Austrian Galicia, near the con¬ 
fluence of the rivers Stry and Dniester; 36 miles south of 
Lemberg. 
ZYGKUR, a town of Hindostan, province of Bejapore, 
and district of the Concan. It is situated on the sea coast, 
at the bottom of Boria bay, which is two miles deep and six 
broad ; but has only 2 f fathoms water on the bar, although 
there is plenty of water inside. The town is defended by a 
small citadel, and is itself inclosed with a stone wall. Lat. 
17. 16. N. long. 73. 23. E. 
ZYNKOV, a town of European Russia, in the government 
of Podolia; 34 miles east-north-east of Kaminiec. 
ZYPE, a town of the Netherlands, formed of the villages 
of North and South Zype; 18 miles west-north-west of Hoorn. 
Population 2300. 
ZYTOMIERS, a town of European Russia, the capital of 
the province of Volhynia, situated on the river Teterev. It 
is the see of a Greek and a Catholic bishop, and has some 
traffic in woollen, silk, linen, cotton, wines from Hungary 
and Wallachia; also in the agricultural produce of the vi¬ 
cinity. It has some small manufactures of leather and hats; 
210 miles south-by-east of Minsk. Lat. 50. 15. 37. N. long. 
28. 30. 7. E. Population 5500. 
ZYVILSK, a town of European Russia, in the government 
of Khan ; 76 miles west of Kazan. Population 1300. 
ZYWIEC, or Saibusch, a small town of Austrian Ga¬ 
licia, on the river Sola ; 40 miles south-west of Cracow. 
ZYZEMSH, a small tovrn of Russian Lithuania, in the 
government of Wilna. 
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