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CRONSTADT

Volume 7 · 351 words · 1842 Edition

a city of Russia, in Europe, in the province of Petersburg. It is built on the island of Kodlin or Codlin, which is about six miles in length and one in breadth, and on both sides of which is a fair channel to Petersburg; but the southern one is preferable. The city is on the eastern end of the island, and is well fortified. It is the great naval arsenal of the Russian empire on the Baltic, and contains the appropriate docks for the construction and repairs of ships, and the necessary storehouses for their equipment, arming, and victualling, and the proper schools for the instruction of the officers of the fleet. It is also a kind of commercial port to Petersburg, as the larger class of merchant vessels take in here their lading, which is brought from the capital in craft of various kinds. The city contains 2000 houses, mostly of stone, and in summer 40,000 inhabitants; but as the win- Cronstadt ter is severe, and the bay covered with thick ice, which suspends all marine operations, the inhabitants who can afford it remove during the frost to the capital to enjoy its pleasures, and leave less than 30,000 inhabitants at Cronstadt. Long. 29. 35. 10. E. Lat. 59. 58. 26. N.

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.