DEÜTSCHKRONE, Arenskrone, or Walcz, a town of Prussia, at the head of a district in the government of Marienwerder, situated between the two lakes of Arens and Radau, about 15 miles north-west of Schneidemühl, a railway junction 60 miles north of Posen. Besides being the seat of the public offices for the district, it possesses a Jewish synagogue, and a progymnasium established in the old Jesuit College; and it manufactures woollens, tiles, brandy, and beer. Population in 1871, 6146.