-, in or , one of the principal of the , in the of , in the n province of , and till one of the four of . It lies about 330 above the , in 50°6′ 43″. and 8°41′ 9″. , 22 s . of and 16 s . of . The position which it occupies is one of no small natural beauty in the broad and fertile of the , its northern horizon being formed by the soft outlines of the . The surrounding is richly clad with and , and in the of especially presents a prospect of indescribable luxuriance. In earlier times the with its s had the form of an irregular , of which the longest side was defined by the right of the ; but now that the s have been demolished, new s have spread out widely in all directions, and the of on the opposite side of has extended in a similar fashion, so that the whole of occupation measures about 2 s from . to ., and about 2 s from . to . Even within the old great transformations have been effected, and much of the quaint domestic and the intricate network of narrow s and s has given way to modern improvements. Only one side, for example, of the famous or ’ is now standing, the other having been demolished since ; but the visitor can still see the where was in , and the dingy and unpretentious premises of 148 which saw the rise of the . When the whole of what remains of this has been pulled down and , as it must be ere long, there will still be many less celebrated parts of the old of no small interest as eloquent relics of bygone conditions of life. In the modern quarters Frankfort will compare favourably, both in the general appearance of the s and in the of individual , with all except a very few of the greater of the ; and almost every this is becoming more certainly true. Among the more spacious s are the or Beautiful Prospect along the , the or , and the . The of the is largely concentrated in the , the or , the , , and their immediate vicinity.