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FUNFKIRCHEN

Volume 10 · 140 words · 1860 Edition

(i.e. Five Churches, Hungarian, Pécs), a free city of Hungary, capital of the circle of Baranya, on the declivity of Mount Mecsek, 105 miles S.S.W. of Buda. This is one of the oldest cities of Hungary, and is the seat of a bishop, and of the civil and military boards of the circle. It is well built, and consists of a single street nearly four miles in length. The cathedral is of great size, and said to be the oldest in Hungary. It has an ecclesiastical seminary, gymnasium, and other educational establishments, and had formerly a university which was much frequented. Fünkirchen has manufactures of woollen cloths, flannels, tobacco, leather, and paper; and a considerable trade in wine, tobacco, and gall-nuts, the produce of the vicinity. There are some coal mines in the vicinity. Pop. 15,500, Hungarians, Germans, and Croats.