Suhl
a town of Prussia; province of Sachsen, at the base of the Domberg; 35 miles S. W. of Erfurt. It lies to the S. W. of the Thuringer-wald, and sheltered by the Ottilienstein, a cliff of porphyry. Its firearms have been famous for several centuries, and its steel and iron wares are of superior quality. As its name indicates (Sorb- Wendish, "salt"), it was formerly a salt mining center. There are iron mines in the vicinity. A mineral spring rich in chloride of calcium was discovered here in 1878, and the authorities undertook place. Pop. about 14,500.