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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 669 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EPERJES , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Hungary, See also:

capital of the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Sams, 190 M. N.E. of See also:

BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1900) 13,098. It is situated on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RIVER

river Tarcza, an affluent of the See also:

THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus)

Theiss, and has been almost completely rebuilt since a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1887. Eperjes is one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest towns of Hungary, and is still partly surrounded by its old walls. It is the seat of a See also:

Greek-See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

bishop, and possesses a beautiful See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral built in the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in See also:

LATE

late See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

style. It possesses manufactures of See also:

CLOTH

cloth, table-See also:

LINEN

linen and earthenware, and has an active See also:

trade in See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, linen, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain. About 2 M. to the See also:

south is S6var with important See also:

salt-See also:

WORKS

works. In the same county, 28 m. by rail N. of Eperjes, is situated the old town of Bartfa (pop. 6098), which possesses a Gothic See also:

church from the 14th century, and an interesting town-See also:

hall, dating from the 15th century, and containing very valuable archives. In its neighbourhood, surrounded by See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine forests, are the See also:

BATHS

baths of Bartfa, with twelve See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs—iodate, ferruginous and alkaline—used for bathing and drinking.

About 6 m. N.W. of Eperjes is situated the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Vorosvagas, which contains the only See also:

OPAL

opal mine in See also:

EUROPE

Europe. The opal was See also:

MINED

mined here 800 years ago, and the largest piece hitherto found, weighing 2940 carats and estimated to have a value of £175,000, is preserved in the See also:

Court Museum at See also:

Vienna. Eperjes was founded about the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 12th century by a See also:

German See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, and was elevated to the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a royal See also:

FREE

free town in 1347 by See also:

Louis I. (the Great). It was afterwards fortified and received See also:

SPECIAL

special privileges. The See also:

Reformation found many See also:

early adherents here, and the town played an important See also:

PART

part during the religious See also:

WARS

wars of the 17th century. It became famous by the so-called " butchery of Eperjes," a tribunal instituted by the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

general Caraffa in 1687, which condemned todeath and confiscated the See also:

PROPERTY

property of a great number of citizens accused of Protestantism. During the 16th and the 17th centuries its German educational establishments enjoyed a wide reputation.

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