a city of the circle of Barsch or Bars, in the Austrian kingdom of Hungary. The city, with its extensive suburbs, contains 1200 houses, and 9678 inhabitants. There is a college of mining, a mint where ducats are coined, a gymnasium, and a Lutheran grammar school. The chief employment is in the working of the silver and gold mines in the surrounding district, and purifying these metals. Long. 18. 32. 35. E. Lat. 48. 42. N.