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the Widawka; 25 miles south-south-east of Sieradz. Popu- 
ation 800. 
SZCZUCZIN, a small town in the north-east of Poland; 
104 miles north-north-east of Warsaw, and 27 north-by¬ 
east of Lomza. Population 2000. 
SZEBELLOB, or Szebeleb, a small town of the north¬ 
west of Hungary, in the county of Hont; 51 miles north- 
by-west of Pest. 
SZECS, or Gal-Szecs, a small but populous town in 
the north-east of Hungary, in the county of Zemplin. The 
inhabitants are of very mixed origin, being descended from 
Magyars, Slowacs, Rascians, and German settlers. 
SZECSENY, a small town in the north-west of Hungary, 
in the county of Neograd, with 1600 inhabitants; 27 miles 
north-north-east of Waitzen. 
SZEGEDIN, a large town in the east of Hungary, situa¬ 
ted in the county of Csongrad, opposite to the confluence of 
the great rivers Theyss and Maros. It contains a popula¬ 
tion of 26,000, is surrounded by a mound and moat, and 
has still a brick fort erected by the Turks in the 16th 
century, when this place was in their possession. Szegedin 
is one of the principal towns of Hungary, containing 
manufactures of woollens, leather, and toys, all on a small 
scale, but of importance in a country where manufactures 
are still in their infancy. Its commercial intercourse is more 
considerable, its position at the junction of two navigable 
rivers, giving it the command of an extensive water carriage. 
The inhabitants possess a number of barges, some of the 
size of 200 or 250 tons, with which they navigate not only 
the Maros and the Theyss, but the Danube. Their exports 
consist chiefly of the products of the adjacent country, viz., 
corn, cattle, wool, tobacco, and timber. Cotton they 
import from Turkey, and make it the object of a transit 
trade: salt they import from Transylvania. The climate 
being favourable for the culture of tobacco, the qualities 
raised in this neighbourhood are in good repute. As to 
religion, the inhabitants, as in other Hungarian towns, are 
much divided, but the Catholics and the followers of the 
Greek church predominate. This town fell, in the begin¬ 
ning of the 16th century, into the hands of the Turks, and 
continued in their possession above a century and a half, 
being retaken by the Austrians only in 1686, sometime after 
the rout of the Turkish army by Socieski, under the walls 
of Vienna; 100 miles south-south-east of Pest, and 30 north 
of Csongrad. 
SZEGESDVAR, or Felso-Segest, a small town in the 
south-west of Hungary; 134 miles south-south-east of 
Vienna, and 28 south-by-east of Keszthely. 
SZEK, or Szik, a considerable town of Transylvania, 
and the chief place of the county of Doboka. It has five 
yearly fairs, and in the neighbourhood are salt mines. 
SZEKCSO, a small town in the south-west of Hungary, 
situated in a plain on the river Kopos; 100 miles south of 
Pest, and 23 east of Fuufkirchen. 
SZEKELY-HID, a small town in the east of Hungary ; 
25 miles east-south-east of Debreczin. 
SZEKELY-KERESZTUR, a town of Transylvania, in 
the province of the Szeklers. It is the chief place of a 
district, and contains 4500 inhabitants, Catholics, Calvinists, 
and Unitarians. They are chiefly mechanics, and many of 
them are sieve-makers; 16 miles south-south-west of 
Udvarhely, and 40 north-by-east of Hermanstadt. 
SZEKSZARD, a neat town of the south west of Hungary, 
the capital of the county of Tolna. It is situated on the 
river Sarvitz; 27 miles north-east of Funfkirchen, and 162 
south-east of Vienna. Population 3500. 
SZEKUDVAR. a large village in the east of Hungary, 
in the county of Arad, with 3000 inhabitants. 
SZENTES, a town of the east of Hungary, in the county 
of Csongrad, on the small river Kurcza, with 4600 inhabit¬ 
ants ; 7 miles south-south-east of Csongrad. 
SZENT-JANOS, a large village of the north-west of 
Hungary, in the county of Liptau, with 1000 inhabitants, 
almost all Protestants. 
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SZENTIVANY, a large village in the north-west of 
Hungary, in the county of Neograd, on the small river 
Besma. 
SZERED, a small town in the west of Hungary, on the 
river Waag, with a great magazine of salt, kept for account 
of the Austrian government; 28 miles east-north-east of 
Presburg. 
SZEREDA, a small town of Transylvania, in the pro¬ 
vince of the Szeklers, district of Marosch, near the Aluta, 
situated in a fine plain at the base of a mountain.—2. 
Szereda, another small town in the province of the 
Szeklers, district of Tschik, on the Aluta. In the neigh¬ 
bourhood is a small fort. 
SZERENCS, a small town of the north-east of Hungary; 
9 miles west of Tokay, and 40 east-north-east of Erlau, 
inhabited by Magyars or descendants of the conquerors of 
the country. 
SZIELNICZA, a small town in the north of Hungary; 
41 miles west of Kesmark, and 116 north of Pest. Popula¬ 
tion 1100, chiefly Slowacs of the Lutheran faith. 
SZILICZE, a small town of Hungary; 5 miles west of 
Caschau. In the neighbourhood is a large cavern, where 
water has been known to freeze in summer, and melt in 
winter, the temperature of this great recess being nearly the 
same at all seasons. 
SZISZEK, a large village of Austrian Croatia, situated 
at the confluence of the rivers Culpa and Save. It is of 
great antiquity, and is still the chief place of a canton ; 39 
miles east of Carlstadt. 
SZLUIN, a district of the Austrian States, in military 
Croatia, with a small town, or rather village of the same 
name, situate on the Corona. The district has an area of 
320 square miles, with 43,000 inhabitants; 24 miles south- 
by-east of Carlstadt. 
SZOLNOK, Belso or Inner, a palatinate of Transyl¬ 
vania, bordering on Hungary on the north, and the district 
of Nosnerland on the east, has a territorial extent of 1335 
square miles, with about 110,000 inhabitants. It consists 
partly of level, and partly of hilly ground, but contains no 
very high mountains, and enjoys a temperate and healthy 
atmosphere. Tillage, as usual in this part of Europe, is 
extremely backward, but the pastures are extensive, and the 
number of cattle is large. 
SZOLNOK, Koscep or Middle, a county or pala¬ 
tinate of Transylvania, bounded by Hungary entirely on 
the north and partly on the west. Its area is 865 square 
miles, and its population about 50,000, of whom more than 
the half are Wallachians. It consists entirely of hilly 
ground, but produces corn and wine, though in general the 
land is applied to pasturage. These two counties are both 
in the part of Transylvania allotted to Magyar settlers, and 
both are watered by the Szamos; yet they are not contiguous 
in any part, the county of Kovar lying between them, in 
the quarter, (the south) where they approach nearest each 
other. 
SZOMBALFALVA, or Sabbathdorf, a village of Tran¬ 
sylvania, in the district of Udvarhely, at the confluence of 
two small rivers called the Fejer and the Soa Pataka. 
SZTRASEMON, a small town of the Austrian States, 
in Sclavonia, circle of Poschega, with a silk manufacture. 
SZUCSAN, a small town in the north-west of Hungary, 
on the river Waag ; 25 miles north-north-east of Neusohl. 
SZWARZENE, or Schwarzeny, a small town of Prus¬ 
sian Poland; 6 miles east of Posen. It contains 2500 in¬ 
habitants, who are Lutherans of German descent. A num¬ 
ber of them are employed in the manufacture of hats. 
SZWISLOWITZ, a small town of Russian Lithuania, in 
the government of Wilna. 
SZYDLOW, a small town in the south of Poland; 34 
miles west-by-south of Sendomir. Population 1000. 
SZYDOWIEC, a small town in the interior of Poland; 
93 miles north-north-east of Cracow, and 17 south-west of 
Radom. Population 1500, chief!v Jews. 
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