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WARASDIN

Volume 21 · 97 words · 1860 Edition

a fortified town of Austrian Croatia, capital of a county of the same name on the right bank of the Drave, 35 miles N.N.E. of Agram. It is well built, and has many fine edifices and several extensive suburbs. It is the seat of a court of justice and of an administrative board for the county, and has an old castle, nine Roman Catholic churches, a nunnery with girls' school, a Roman Catholic gymnasium, and other schools. The chief manufactures are silk, earthenware, tobacco, and vinegar; and there are extensive vineyards in the vicinity. Pop. (1854) 8607.