Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

AGRAM (Hungarian Zagreb, Croatian Zag...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 382 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

AGRAM (Hungarian Zagreb, Croatian Zagreb) , the See also:capital of Croatia-Slavonia, and a royal See also:free See also:town of See also:Hungary; pleasantly situated between the See also:north See also:bank of the See also:Save and the mountains which culminate in Sljeme (3396 ft.); 187 m. by See also:rail S. of See also:Vienna. Pop. (189o) 38,742; (1900) 57,930, or with See also:garrison 61,002. Agram is the seat of the See also:ban, or See also:viceroy, of Croatia-Slavonia, of the Banal and Septemviral courts, the highest in the See also:land, and of a chamber of See also:commerce: It is also the See also:meeting-See also:place of the See also:parliament; but See also:local affairs are See also:con-ducted by a municipal See also:council. The See also:city is divided into three districts. The Kapitel-Stadt, sometimes called the See also:Bishop's Town, with the See also:palace of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:archbishop, and his See also:late See also:Gothic See also:cathedral, dating from the 15th See also:century, lies eastward of the Medvescak, a See also:brook which flows into the Save. The Upper Town, on high ground See also:west of the Medvescak, contains the palace of the ban and the natural See also:history museum. On the See also:south, the See also:Lower Town is separated from the other districts by the Ilica, a See also:long See also:street, traversed by a See also:cable See also:tramway. In it are the business and See also:industrial quarters; the palace of See also:justice; the See also:academy of See also:science, with picture-galleries, a library and a collection of antiquities; the See also:theatre; the See also:Franz Josef University, founded in 1874 to See also:teach See also:theology, See also:law and See also:philosophy; the See also:synagogue; and the only See also:Protestant See also:church existing in the See also:country at the beginning of the 20th century. Roman Catholic churches and See also:schools are numerous. Besides the large Maximir See also:park and botanical gardens, many of the squares are planted with trees and adorned with statues; while the whole city is surrounded by vineyards and country houses. See also:Tobacco, See also:leather, See also:linen, carpets and See also:war-material are manufactured in Agram, which also contains the See also:works of the Hungarian See also:state See also:railways, and has a brisk See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:wine, potash, See also:honey, See also:silk and See also:porcelain.

In 1094 Agram was founded by See also:

Ladislaus I. of Hungary, as the seat of a bishop; and on the See also:expulsion of its Mongol See also:colony, in 1242, it was raised to the See also:rank of a royal free city. For centuries a See also:bitter See also:feud raged between the Kapitel-Stadt and the Upper Town, until these rivals were forced to join hands against the See also:Turks. Agram, already the See also:political centre of Croatia,. Slavonia, was selected as the capital in 1867. It suffered severely from See also:earthquake in 188o and ;got.

End of Article: AGRAM (Hungarian Zagreb, Croatian Zagreb)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
AGRA CANAL 		[next]
AGRAPHA (i.e. ` .` unwritten ")

Site © 2006 - Net Industries