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CZERNOWITZ (Rum. Cernautzi)

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CZERNOWITZ (See also:Rum. Cernautzi) , the See also:capital of the See also:Austrian duchy of See also:Bukovina, 420 M. E. of See also:Vienna and 164 m. S.E. of See also:Lemberg by See also:rail. Pop. (190o) 69,619. It is picturesquely situated on a height above the right See also:bank of the See also:river Pruth, which is crossed here by two See also:bridges, of which one is a railway See also:bridge. Czernowitz is a clean, pleasant See also:town of See also:recent date, and is the seat of the See also:Greek Orthodox See also:archbishop or See also:metropolitan of Bukovina. The See also:principal buildings include the Greek Orthodox See also:cathedral, finished in 1864 after the See also:model of the See also:church of St See also:Isaac at St See also:Petersburg; the Armenian church, in a mixed See also:Gothic and See also:Renaissance See also:style, consecrated in 1875; a handsome new Jesuit church, and a new See also:synagogue in Moorish style, built in 1877. The most conspicuous See also:building of the town is the Episcopal See also:palace, in See also:Byzantine style, built in 1864–1875, which is adorned with a high See also:tower and possesses a magnificent reception See also:hall. In one of the public squares stands the Austrian See also:monument, executed by Pekary and erected in 1875 to commemorate the See also:centenary of See also:Austria's See also:possession of Bukovina. It consists of a See also:marble statue of Austria erected on a See also:pedestal of See also:green Carpathian See also:sandstone.

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Francis See also:Joseph University, also opened in 1875, had 50 lecturers and over 500 students in 1901. The See also:language of instruction is See also:German, and it possesses three faculties: See also:theology, See also:law and See also:philosophy. The See also:industry is not very See also:developed and consists chiefly in See also:corn-milling and See also:brewing. An active See also:trade is carried on in agricultural produce, See also:wood, See also:wool, See also:cattle and See also:spirits. Czernowitz has a mixed See also:population, which consists of Germans, Ruthenians, Rumanians, Poles, See also:Jews, Armenians and Gypsies. The town presents, therefore, a See also:cosmopolitan and on See also:market days a very varied See also:appearance, when See also:side by side with See also:people turned out in the latest fashions from See also:Paris or Vienna, we meet peasants of various nationalities, attired in their See also:national See also:costume, intermingled with very scantily-clad Gypsies. On the opposite bank of the Ptuth, at a very little distance to the N., is situated the town of Sadagora (pop. 4512, mostly Jews), where a famous cattle See also:fair takes See also:place every See also:year. Czernowitz was at the See also:time of the Austrian occupation (1775) an unimportant See also:village. It was created a town in 1786, and at the beginning of the 19th See also:century it numbered only 5000 inhabitants.

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