or BATSCHE, a circle in the Austrian kingdom of Hungary, consisting of an extensive plain between the Danube and Theis, extending over 3638 square miles, or 3,328,320 acres, and comprehending three cities, nine towns, and 189 villages, with 315,500 inhabitants, who consist of various eastern races of Slavonian or Celtic origin, with a few Germans and some Jews. It is subdivided into four parts, distinguished by pure Hungarian names. The productions are chiefly those of the soil; wheat, wine, fruit, tobacco, and hemp. A city of the same name is the capital of one of the four districts of the circle. It stands near the Danube, is the seat of the judiciary of the district, and contains a Catholic and a Greek church, with 5200 inhabitants. Long. 18. 52. 21. E. Lat. 46. 10. 46. N.

BATTÆ, in Ancient Geography, a people of Germany, formerly inhabitants of the territory or district now called Hesse. Dissatisfied with their situation there, they settled on the island formed by the Vahalis and Rhine, which from them took the name of Batavia, or Batavorum Insula. See Batavorum Insula.