LOCSE (Ger. Leutschau)  , the capital of the county of Szepes, in Hungary, 230 M . N.E. of Budapest by rail . Pop . (lgoo) 6845, mostly Germans and Slovaks . The county of Szepes is the highest part of Hungary, and its north-western portion is occupied by the Tatra Mountains . Locse lies in an elevated position surrounded by mountains, and is one of the oldest towns of Hungary . The church of St James is a Gothic structure of the 13th century, with richly carved altar, several monuments, and a celebrated organ erected in 1623, and long reputed the largest in Hungary . The old town-hall, restored in 1894, contains a Protestant upper gymnasium, founded in 1544, and one of the oldest printing establishments in Hungary, founded in 1585 . Bee-keeping and the raising of garden produce are the chief industries . Founded by Saxon colonists in 1245, Locse had by the early part of the 16th century attained a position of great relative importance . In 5599 a fire destroyed the greater part of the town, and during the 17th century it suffered repeatedly at the hands of the Transylvanian princes and leaders .