CRONSTADT, a city of Hungary, in that division of the province of Sieberbergen called the Saxon country. It is situated in a valley watered by several brooks, which run to the Alt before it joins the Danube. It is a walled city, containing six Lutheran, two Greek, one Catholic, and one Unitarian church, and contains, including the large suburbs, 3200 houses, and 25,000 inhabitants, who are chiefly of Saxon or other German origin. There are both Lutheran and Catholic seminaries for the education of persons of these respective professions. It is a manufacturing place, producing linen and woollen cloth, hats, leather, nails and other ironmongery wares. Among the public buildings, the most remarkable are the theatre, the council-house, the Franciscan convent, the exchange, and the workhouse. It is in long. 25. 28. 25. E. and lat. 45. 36. 30. N.
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