Suhl

Suhl, a town of Prussia, standing in a romantic valley on the south-west side of the Thuringian Forest, 32 miles by rail SW. of Erfurt. It has long been celebrated for its manufacture of firearms, both military and sporting, and from the middle ages down to the 18th century was no less celebrated for its swords and war-armour. There are also iron and machine works, potteries, and tanneries. Pop. 10,602.