EPERJES  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, See also:

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

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
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek-See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

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
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . It possesses manufactures of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, table-See also:

• LINEN

linen and earthenware, and has an active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

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
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south is S6var with important See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

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
• 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 from the 14th century, and an interesting 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, 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
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court Museum at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . Eperjes was founded about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 12th century by a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

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
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

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

• SPECIAL

special privileges . The See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation found many See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

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
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

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 .