Döbeln

Döbeln, a town of Saxony, on an island formed by the Mulde, 40 miles S.E. of Leipzig by rail, with foundries, and manufactures of fire-engines, machines, cigars, cloth, leather, sugar, carriages, and pianos. Döbeln dates from the 10th century, and in spite of its sufferings at the hands of the Hussites and in the Thirty Years' War, has preserved a number of interesting old buildings. Pop. (1890) 13,892.