(Magyar, Szegezvar), a town of the Austrian empire, in Transylvania, 42 miles N.E. of Hermannstadt. It stands partly on a hill and partly in a valley, on the Great Kokel; and contains an ancient castle, a Franciscan convent, Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, and a Protestant gymnasium. Cotton, woollen, and linen cloth are made here; and wine and vegetables are produced in the neighbourhood. Near Schassburg the Hungarian insurgents were defeated July 31, 1849. Pop. 6900.