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ESSEG, ESSEGG or ESSEK (Hung. Esszek; Croatian Osjek), a royal free town, municipality, and capital of the county of Virovitica (Verocze), in Croatia-Slavonia, on the right bank of the Drave, 9 M. W. of its confluence with the Danube, and 185 m. S. of Buda-Pest by rail. Pop. (1900) 24,930; chiefly Magyars
Jews . At Esseg the Drave is crossed by two bridges, and below these it is navigable by small steamers. The upper town, with the fortress, is under military authority; the new town and the lower town, which is the headquarters of commerce, are under civil authority. The only buildings of note are the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, Franciscan and Capuchin monasteries, synagogue
hospital
trade
grain , fruit, live-stock, plum-brandy and timber. Tanning, silk
Esseg owes its origin to its fortress, which existed as early as the time of the Romans under the name of Mursia; though the present structure dates
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