See also:KOSZEG (Ger. Guns)
, a See also:town in the See also:county of Vas, in See also:Hungary, 173 M
.
W. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail
.
Pop
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(1900), 7422
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It is pleasantly situated in the valley of the Guns, and is dominated towards the See also:west by the peaks of Altenhaus (2000 ft.) and of the Geschriebene See also:Stein (2900 ft.)
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It possesses a See also:castle of See also:Count Esterhazy, a See also:modern See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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 in See also:Gothic See also:style and two convents
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It has important See also:cloth factories and a lively See also:trade in See also:fruit and See also:wine
.
The town has a See also:special See also:historical See also:interest for the heroic and successful See also:defence of the fortress by See also:Nicolas Jurisics against a large See also:army of See also:Sultan Soliman, in See also:July–See also:August 1532, which frustrated the advance of the See also:Turks to See also:Vienna for that See also:year
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To the See also:south-See also:east of See also:Koszeg, at the confluence of the Guns with the Raab, is situated the town of Sarvar (pop
.
3158), formerly fortified, where in 1526 the first See also:printing See also:press in Hungary was established
.
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