SZEGED (Ger., Szegedin)

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SZEGED (Ger., Szegedin) , the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the county of Csongrad in

Hungary

HUNGARY
HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

, 118 m. S.E. of Budapest by rail. Pop. (111900), 100,270. It is situated on both banks of the Theiss just below the confluence of the Maros, and contains the inner town and four suburbs. It is the second town in

Hungary

HUNGARY
HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

as regards population, and since the disastrous inundation of the Theiss on the night of the rrth of

March

1879, which almost completely
destroyed it, Szeged has been rebuilt. It is now one of the handsomest towns of Hungary, and has several large squares,
broad avenues, boulevards and many palatial buildings. It has also been encircled with a strong dam in order to protect it from floods. Among the

principal

PRINCIPAL

buildings are a Franciscan convent, with a rich library and an interesting collection of antiquities and ecclesiastical objects; a Piarist and a Minorite convent; a handsome new town-

hall

HALL
HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in
Tirol
- TIROL (or TYROL 1)
and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger.
Halle
- HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
- HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)
)
HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
EDWARD
- EDWARD
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EDWARD
- 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)

; and a natural history and historical museum to which is attached a public library. Szeged is the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

seat of the manufacture of paprica, a kind of
red pepper largely used in Hungary, and of a pastry called tarhonya; and has factories of soap, leather, boots, saw-mills and distilleries. Szeged is the centre of the commerce and industry of the

great

GREAT

Hungarian Alfold, being an important railway junction and the

principal

PRINCIPAL

port on the Theirs.
Since the 15th century Szeged has been one of the most prominent cities in Hungary. From 154r till 1686 it was in possession of the Turks, who fortified it. It is also notorious for its many witchcraft trials. In 1848 it sent strong detachments to the national Hungarian army. In July 1849 the seat of the government was transferred hither for a short time.

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