See also:

• PRESSBURG (Hung. Pozsony, Lat. Posonium)

PRESSBURG (Hung. Pozsony, See also:

• LAT

Lat. Posonium)  , 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, 133 M . N.W. of See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900), 61,537, about See also:

• HALF

half of whom are Germans . See also:

• PRESSBURG (Hung. Pozsony, Lat. Posonium)

Pressburg is picturesquely situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left 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, at the See also:

• BASE

base of the outlying spurs of the Little Carpathians, in a position of strategical importance near the Porta Hungarica . Pressburg was the capital of Hungary from 1541 until 1784, while the Hungarian See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament held its sittings here till 1848 . One of the most conspicuous buildings of the town is the royal See also:

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

palace, situated on the Schloss-See also:

• BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

berg, a See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau 270 ft. above the Danube, which was 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 in 1811 and has since been in ruins . Other noteworthy buildings are the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, a See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic edifice of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, restored in 1861—188o, in which many of the Hungarian See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings were crowned; 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, also a 13th-century See also:

• BUILDING

building, several times restored, and containing an interesting museum; the Franciscan 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, dating from 1272; and the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-courts, erected in 1783, where the sittings of parliament were held from 1802 to 1848 . The Grassalkowitch palace is now the See also:

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

residence of an See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke, and there is an archiepiscopal palace . Educational establishments include an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

jurisprudence, a military academy, a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

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

seminary, a training school for See also:

• FEMALE

female teachers, and several secondary and technical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . A large business is carried on in wooden See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and cigars, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• RIBBONS

ribbons, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather wares, chemicals, See also:

• LIQUEURS

liqueurs, See also:

• CONFECTIONERY (from Lat. confectio, conficere, compound)

confectionery and biscuits . There is, besides, a See also:

• DYNAMITE (Gr. S6eaµis, power)

dynamite factory, which produces over 2,000,000 lb of See also:

• EXPLOSIVES

explosives annually, a large See also:

• CLOTH

cloth factory and several See also:

• FLOUR

flour-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills .

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:

• 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 and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine is active . Besides the extensive See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic on the Danube, the town is also an important railway junction . The first railway See also:

• LINE

line in Hungary was that from Pressburg to Tyrnau through the valley of the Waag . The town has many points of See also:

• INTEREST

interest in its environs . About twenty-five minutes by steamer down the Danube, the extensive ruins of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Theben (Hung . Deveny), the former See also:

• GATE

gate of Hungary, are situated at the point where the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March, which forms the boundary between See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and Hungary, falls into the Danube . Opposite on the left bank is See also:

• HAINBURG, or HAIMBURG

Hainburg, the gateway of Hungary from the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . Eastward and southward of Pressburg stretches a See also:

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

long and fertile See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain,known as the Upper or Little Hungarian plain . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of 2825 sq. m., of which two-thirds See also:

• LAY

lay on the right bank of the Danube, and the whole is bounded by the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers Neutra and Raab . In the extreme See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of this plain is situated the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of FertO-Tava (Ger . Neusiedler See), which has an area of about See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

Loo sq. m., but it is of varying See also:

• SIZE

size, and sometimes dries up in See also:

• PART

part . Eastward it is See also:

• UNITED

united with the extensive See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh called the Hansag, through which it is in communication with the See also:

• RIVER

river Raab and with the Danube .

In the Roman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period it was known as Pelso or Pelso . In several places of the dry See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed traces of prehistoric lake-dwellings have been discovered . In See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with the regulation of the river Raab, and the drainage of the Hansag marsh, plans for the drainage of the lake have been proposed . Little is known of the See also:

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

early See also:

• HISTORY

history of Pressburg, which was founded about 1000 . It was soon strongly fortified, though it was captured by the 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 Bohemia, Ottakar II., in 1271 . It received many privileges from the Hungarian kings, especially from the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund, and its strategic situation made it an important fortress . Sigismund held Imperial diets in the town . After the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• MOHACS

Mohacs in 1526 and the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Buda by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, Pressburg became the capital of Hungary . Here in 16o8 the Austrian and Hungarian malcontents concluded a treaty with the archduke See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias, afterwards emperor, against their lawful See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign, the emperor See also:

• RUDOLF (otherwise known as Basso NOROK and Gannon)

Rudolf II . In 1619 the town was taken by See also:

• BETHLEN, GABRIEL (GABOR) (1580-1629)

Bethlen Gabor, but it was recovered by the Imperialists in 1621 . In 1687 it was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the session of the estates of Hungary during which the Hungarians renounced their right of choosing their own king and accepted the hereditary See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of the Habsburgs . Here also was held the See also:

• DIET

diet of 1741 when the members swore to assist their sovereign, Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, against See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great .

In 1784 Buda took the See also:

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

place of Pressburg as the capital of Hungary, but the latter town continued to be the seat of the parliament until 1848 . On the 26th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1805 See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace was signed here between See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon and the emperor See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I., and in 1809 the town was bombarded by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . See J . Kiraly, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Donau- Mauth- and Urfahr-Rechts der Freistadt Pressburg (Pressburg, 1890) ; T . Ortvay, Geschichte der Stadt Pressburg (Pressburg, 1892), and Pressburgs Strassen and Platze (Pressburg, 1905) .