OEDENBURG, a city of the Austrian kingdom of Hungary, in the province of the Farther Danube. It is the capital of a circle of the same name (called also Soprony-Barmegye in Hungarian), which extends over 1269 square miles, and comprehends three cities, forty-one market-towns, and 200 villages, with 185,700 inhabitants. It stands on the river Ikva, and is a well-built town, with one Lutheran and two Catholic churches, a monastery and a nunnery, 820 houses, and 12,650 inhabitants, of whom about 5000 are Protestants. It is an industrious place, with manufactures of cotton, woollen, silk, and linen goods, besides glass-houses, sugar refineries, and iron forges; and the neighbourhood yields some good wine. Long. 17. 28. 11. E. Lat. 47. 40. 36. N.