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Volume 18 · 64 words · 1860 Edition

a town of Hungary, in the county of Pressburg, on a small affluent of the Danube, 12 miles N.E. of Pressburg. It has a castle, churches, a monastery, and a synagogue. There are here celebrated mineral baths. Paper, saltpetre, and other articles are manufactured. In the vicinity granite is quarried; and vines are extensively grown. Some trade in timber is carried on. Pop. 4950.