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See also:NAGYSZOMBAT (Ger. Tyrnau) , a See also:town of See also:Hungary, in the See also:county of Pozsony, 115 M. N.W. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 12,422. It is situated on the Trnava, and has played an important role in the ecclesiastical See also:history of Hungary. It gained prominence after 1543, when the See also:archbishop of See also:Esztergom and See also:primate of Hungary made it his See also:residence after the See also:capture of Esztergom by the See also:Turks. In consequence numerous churches and convents were built, and the town acquired the See also:title of " Little See also:Rome." It possesses a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:seminary for priests, and was the seat of a university founded, in. 1635, which was transferred to Budapest in 1777. In 1820 the archbishop's residence was again removed to Esztergom. It has an active See also:trade in cereals and See also:cattle.
NAGY-VARAD (Ger. Grosswardein), a town of Hungary, See also:capital of the county of Bihar, 153 m. E.S.E. of Budapest by rail. Pop. (1900) 47,018. It is situated in a See also:plain on both See also:banks of the See also:river Sebeskoros, and is the seat of a Roman Catholic
and of a See also:Greek (Old-See also:United) bishopric. Among its See also:principal buildings are the St See also:Ladislaus See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, built in 1723, which contains the remains of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king St Ladislaus (d. 1095), the Roman Catholic See also:cathedral, built in 1752-1799, the Greek cathedral, the large See also:palace of the Roman Catholic See also:bishop, built in 1778 in the See also:rococo See also:style, the archaeological and See also:historical museum, with an interesting collection of ecclesiastical See also:art, and the county and town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall. Among the educational establishments are a See also:law See also:academy, a seminary for, priests, a See also:modern school, a Roman Catholic and a Calvinistic gymnasium, a commercial academy, a training school for teachers and a secondary school for girls. Nagy-Varad is an important railway junction; it possesses extensive manufactures of pottery and large distilleries, and carries on a brisk trade in agricultural produce, cattle, horses, See also:fruit and See also:wine. About 6 m. S. of the town is the See also:village of Haj6, which contains the Piispok Fiirdo or Bishop's See also:Baths, with warm saline and sulphurous See also:waters (92° to 103° F.), used both for drinking and bathing in cases of See also:anaemia and See also:scrofula.
Nagy-Varad is one of the See also:oldest towns in Hungary. Its bishopric was founded by St Ladislaus in 1080. The town was destroyed by the See also:Tatars in 1241. See also:Peace was concluded here on the 24th of See also:February 1538 between See also:Ferdinand I. of See also:Austria and his See also:rival See also:John Zapolya, See also:voivode of Transylvania. In 1556 it passed into the See also:possession of Transylvania, but afterwards reverted to Austria. In 1598 the fortress was unsuccessfully besieged by the Turks, but it See also:fell into their hands in 166o and was recovered by the Austrians in 1692. The Greek Old-United or Catholic bishopric was founded in 1776.
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