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KARLOWITZ, or CARLOWITZ (Hungarian, Karloeza; Croatian, Karlovci)

KARLOWITZ, or CARLOWITZ (Hungarian, Karloeza; Croatian, Karlovci) , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Croatia-Slavonia, in 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 Syrmia; on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, and on the railway from See also:

PETERWARDEIN (Hung. Petervarad, Serv. Petrovaradin)

Peterwardein, 6 m. N.W. to See also:

BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade. Pop. (1900), 5643. Karlowitz is the seat of an Orthodox See also:

METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan, and has several churches and See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, and a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital. The See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-farms and vineyards of the Fruska Gora, a range of hills to the See also:

south; yield excellent See also:

PLUM

plum See also:

BRANDY

brandy and red See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine. An See also:

OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk at Slankamen, 13 M. E. by S., commemorates the defeat of the See also:

TURKS

Turks by See also:

Louis of See also:

Baden, in 1691. The treaty of Karlowitz, between See also:

Austria, See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, See also:

Poland and See also:

Venice, was concluded in 1699; in 1848-1849 the city was the headquarters of Servian opposition to See also:

Hungary. It was included, until 1881, in the Military Frontier.

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