See also:

• SOPRON (Ger. Oedenburg; Med. Lat. Sopronium)

SOPRON (Ger. Oedenburg; Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. Sopronium)  , 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, 140 M . W. of See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900), 30,628, about 6o % Germans . It lies in an extensive valley enclosed on all sides by the outskirts of the Rosalien mountains, a See also:

• GROUP

group belonging to the eastern outliers of the See also:

• ALPS

Alps . In the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal square are the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine 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, built at the end of the 13th See also:

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

century and restored in the 15th century, 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, completed in 1894 . The Dominican church, built in 1674; the church of St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael, in the 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, completed in 1484, the most interesting church in the town; and the old See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, 200 ft. high, are all See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth See also:

• NOTICE

notice . See also:

• SOPRON (Ger. Oedenburg; Med. Lat. Sopronium)

Sopron has a thriving See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• SOAP

soap, See also:

• VINEGAR

vinegar, See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell-See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding and machinery, and it carries on 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 cereals, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . Large 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 markets are also held here . Within the county a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality of wine is produced, especially near the little town of Ruszt (pop . 16o8) and at the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball (Ger., Wolfs) on the shores of the Neusiedler See also:

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

lake . In the neighbourhood of Sopron is the Brennberg, with extensive See also:

• COAL

coal-mines .

Sopron was a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony under the name of Scarabantia . It was afterwards occupied by See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German settlers and became a royal See also:

• FREE

free town in the See also:

• LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath century . See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias See also:

• CORVINUS, JANOS [JOHN] (1473–1504)

Corvinus granted the town See also:

• SPECIAL

special privileges in 1464 . An important See also:

• DIET

Diet of Hungarian Protestants took See also:

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

place here in 1681 . About 12 m. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the Leitha mountains, lies the town of Kismarton (Ger . Eisenstadt; pop., 2951), which contains a magnificent See also:

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

castle of the Esterhazy See also:

• FAMILY

family, built in 1683 and enlarged in 1805 . About to m. north-See also:

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

west lies Nagymarton (Ger . Mattersdorf ; pop., 3789) ; and not far from it, on the frontier of 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, the well-preserved castle of Forchtenstein, the See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle of the Esterhazy family . About 12 m. See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, not far from the Neusiedler lake, lies Esterhaza, with a beautiful castle in the See also:

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

French See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance style, belonging to See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Esterhazy . About 9 m. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-east lies the village of Nagyczenk (Ger . Zinkendorff), with the castle of the See also:

• SZECHENYI, ISTVAN, COUNT (1791-186o)

Szechenyi family .