See also:

• ESZTERGOM (Ger. Gran; Lat. Strigonium)

ESZTERGOM (Ger. Gran; See also:

• LAT

Lat. Strigonium)  , 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 the same name, 36 m . N.W. of See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

• RAIL

rail . - Pop . (190o) 16,948, mostly See also:

• MAGYARS

Magyars and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics . It is situated 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, nearly opposite the confluence of the Gran, and is divided into the town proper and three suburbs . The town is the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

primate of Hungary, and its See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, built in 1821-187o, after the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, is one of the finest and largest in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . It is picturesquely built on an elevated and commanding position, 215 ft. above the Danube, and its See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome, visible from a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long distance, is 26o ft. high, and has a See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter of 52 ft . The interior is very richly decorated, notably with See also:

• FINE

fine frescoes, and its See also:

• TREASURY

treasury and fine library of over 6o,000 volumes are famous . Besides several other churches and two monastic houses, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings include the handsome See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the primate, erected in 1883; the archiepiscopal library, with valuable See also:

• INCUNABULA

incunabula and old See also:

• MSS

MSS.; the See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary for the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic priests; the residences of the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter; and the 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 . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is chiefly employed in See also:

• CLOTH

cloth-See also:

• WEAVING

weaving,See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-making and agricultural pursuits . An See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, 1664 ft. long, connects See also:

• ESZTERGOM (Ger. Gran; Lat. Strigonium)

Esztergom with the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market town of Parkany (pop . 2836) on the opposite bank of the Danube .

Esztergom is one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest towns of Hungary, and is famous as the birthplace of St See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen,the first See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince crowned " apostolic 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 " of Hungary . During the See also:

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

early times of the Hungarian See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy it was the most important See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile centre in the country,. and it was the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the diets of 1016, 11 i 1, 11 14 and 1256 . It was almost completely destroyed by Tatar hordes in 1241, but was rebuilt and fortified by King See also:

• BELA
• BELA, LAS BELA

Bela IV . In 1543 it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, from whom it was recovered, in 1595, by Carl von See also:

• MANSFELD

Mansfeld . In 1604 it reverted to the Turks, who held it till 1683, when it was regained by the See also:

• UNITED

united forces of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Sobieski, king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and Prince See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles of See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine . It was created an archbishopric in Too, . During the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish occupation of the town the archbishopric was re-moved to Tyrnau, while the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop himself had his residence in See also:

• PRESSBURG (Hung. Pozsony, Lat. Posonium)

Pressburg . Both returned to Esztergom in 182o . In 1708 it was declared a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

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

city by See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph I . On the 13th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1818 it was partly destroyed by 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 . For numerous authorities on the see and cathedral of Esztergom see V . See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier, Repertoire See also:

• DES

des See also:

• SOURCES

sources .

Topo-bibliogr. s.v . " Gran." Of these may be mentioned especially F . Knauz, Monumenta Ecclesiae Strigoniensis (3 vols., Eszterg, 1874) ; Joseph Danko, Geschichtliches . aus dem Graner Domschdtz (Gran, 188o) .