75%

The New International Encyclopædia/Steinamanger

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Edition of 1905. See also Szombathely on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

1043102The New International Encyclopædia — Steinamanger

STEINAMANGER, stīn'ȧm-äng'ẽr (Hung. Szombathely). The capital of the County of Eisenburg (Vas), Hungary, 68 miles south of Pressburg (Map: Hungary, E 3). It has a beautiful modern cathedral, a fine county building, and a theological seminary. Important State railway workshops are located here, and two factories for agricultural machinery. Steinamanger is on the site of the Roman Sabaria, and has ruins of a triumphal arch, amphitheatre, and aqueduct in the vicinity, with many remains in the local museum. Population, in 1900, 24,751.