Franeknau, a town of Germany, in Upper
Hesse, 26 m. S. W. of Cassel. ..

Franekenburg, another town in Hesse, 5 m. W.
S. W. of Franckenau.

Franconia, ph. Grafton Co. N. H. 140 m. N. W.
Bosto... Pop. 443. There are two iron manufac-
tories in this town, consisting of blast furnaces,
air furnaces, forges and trip hammers. The ore is
taken from a mountain 3 m. from the furnace,
and is the richest in the U. States, yielding from
56 to 63 per cent, and the mine is inexhaustible ;
15 tons of iron are made in a week. There is a
mineral spring 2 m. from the furnace, and in the xe2x80xa2
neighbourhood are other iron works. The Pro-
file 'Mountain in this towin is a curiosity, being a
rugoea peak, 1,000 feet high, with a front of sol-
id rock, representing in a side view a profile of
the human face, every feature of which is con-
spicuous. FranconiaAs also the name of a town-
ship in Montgomery Co. Pa.

Frankenburg, a town in Upper Saxony, in
Misnia, with a considerable manufacture of wool-
en stuffs, 7 m. N. N. E. of Chemnitz.

Frankenthal, a town of Germany, in the palat-
inate of the Rhine. It has rich manufactures of
stuffs, silks, cloths, &c., and a canal to the river
Rhine. It wins taken by the French in 1793, and
retaken by the allies in 1794. It is seated 2
m. AV. of the Rhine, and 7 S. of AA'orms.

Frankenbauscn. a towin of Upper Saxony, in
Thuringia, with some extensive salt-works; sit-
uate on a branch of the AVipper, 26 m. N. of
Erfurt. Pop. about 3,000.

Frankenstein, a town of Germany, in the pal-
atinate of the Rhine, 9 m. S. E. of Kay serslau tern.

Frankenstein, a town of Silesia, in the princi-
pality of Munsterberg, on the river Bautze, 13 m.
W. S. W. of Munsterberg.

Frankford, towns in Sussex Co. N. J., Phila.
Co. Pa., Green Brier and Hampshire Cos. Va.

Frankfort, ph. Waldo Co. Me. on the Penob-
scot. Pop. 2,437. Also a p.t. Herkimer Co. N.
Y. Pop. 2,620. Also a ph. Franklin Co. Illinois,
45 m. N. W. Shawneetown. Also villages and
towns in Beaver Co. Pa., Morgan Co. Va., and
Guernsey Co. Ohio.

Frankfort on the Maine, a fortified city of Ger-
many, in the circle of the Rhine. It is divided
bv the river Maine, 25 m. above its entrance into
the Rhine, into two parts, which communicate
oy means of a stone bridge; the larger part, on
the N. side is called Frankfort, and the smaller
Siebsenhausen. It contains several palaces and
courts belonging to princes and counts; and here
the kings of the Romans have generally been elect-
ed and crowned. The chief structure is the town-
house. in which is preserved the golden bull, the
origin of the fundamental laws of the empire. All
religions are tolerated at Frankfort, under certain
restrictions; but Lutheranism is the established
faith; though the principal church is in the pos-
session of the Roman Catholics. The Jews, 8 to

9.000 in number, were formerly confined to a par-
ticular corner of the city; but since 1796, they
have resided indiscriminately in all parts. Frank-
fort is one of the most considerable trading places
in Europe, and has two great fairs every year. It
was taken in 1759,by the French, who evacuated
it in 1763. It was several times taken and retaken
by the French and Austrians, in the war of
1793xe2x80x941814. Since the peace of the latter year,
it has been declared the permanent seat of the
Germanic diet,- and as such most of the Europe-
an states have a minister resident here. It was
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the birth place of Goethe; and also of the family
of the Rothschilds, who, daring the war between
1807 and 1815 and ten years subsequent thereto,
became the greatest money jobbers in Europe.
Frankfort is in lat. 50. 7. N. and 8. 32. of E.
long. Pop. about 40,000.

Frankfort on the Oder, a town of Brandenburg,
in the Middle Mark, with a famous university aiM
a noble academy. It has three great fairs, and
the exclusive right of navigation up the Oder to
Breslau. Here are two suburbs called Lebus and
Guben, and a bridge over the Oder. In 1759, it
was taken by the Russians and Austrians, and in
1806, it fell into the hands of the French; but fell
to Prussia on the retreat of the French arm}' from
Moscow in 1812. It is 45 m. E. by S. of Berlin,
and 72 S. ofStettin. Pop. abont 12,000.

Frankfort, the chief town of Franklin county,
Kentucky, and seat of the legislative assembly of
the state. It is regularly laid out, and stands on
the E. bank of the Kentucky, 60 m. from its con-
flux with the Ohio, and 415 m. AV. by S. of Wash
ington. Pop. 1,937.

Franklin, the name of 15 American counties.
The following are the states in geographical or-
der, with the population of each, and name of its
chief town.

Vermont, 24,525, St. Albans.

Massachusetts, 29,344, Greenfield.

New York, 11,312, Malone.

Pennsylvania, 35,103, Chambersburg.

Virginia, 14,911, Rockymount.

North Carolina, 10,665, Louisburg.

Georgia, 10,135, Carnesville.

Alabama, 11,073, Russelville.

Mississippi, 4,622, Franklin.

Tennessee, 15,644, AVinchester.

Kentucky, 9,251, Frankfort.

Ohio, 14,766, Columbus.

Indiana, 10,199, Brookville.

Illinois, 4,081, Frankfort.

Missouri, 3,484, Union.

Franklin, is also the name of 34 towns, villages
and townships in different parts of the United
States.

Franklinville, p.v. Cattaraugus Co. N. Y.

Frankstown, a township in Huntingdon Co
Pa.

Frascati, a town of Italy, in Campagna di Roma,
seated on the side of a woody mountain ; it is a
bishop’s see, always possessed by one of the 6 el-
dest cardinals; and in its neighbourhood are some
of the most magnificent villas in Italy, and a sem
inary richly endowed by Cardinal York. The
ancient city of Tusculum is supposed to have
stood above Frascati; and between the ruins and
the town, it is generally believed, was the Tuscu
lum of Cicero, where some Greek monks in the
11th century, built a convent on the ruins of his
house. Frascati is 12 m. S. E. of Rome. Pop.
about 9,000.    xe2x80xa2    .

Fraserburg, a town of Scotland, in Aberdeen-
shire, whth a small but excellent harbour, and a
manufacture of linen yarn. It Js seated on the
German Ocean, a little S. of the point of Kin-
naird Head, and 33 m. N. of Aberdeen. Pop. in
1821, 2,831.

Fratta Maggiore, a populous village in the vi-
cinity of Naples.

Frauenburg, a town of E. Prussia, in the bish-
opric of Ermland, on the Frisch Haff, 14 m. N
E. of Elbing, and 4 W. of Braunsberg. Cop-
ernicus died here in 1545.

Fmumfeld, a town of Switzerland, capital of
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