Temesvar

Temesvar, a royal free city of Hungary, consisting of the fortified city or 'citadel,' with four suburbs, on the Bega Canal, 160 miles SE. of Pesth by rail. It has a fine cathedral, an ancient castle, a magnificent episcopal residence, manufactures of flour, tobacco, cloth, silk, paper, leather, wool, and oil, and a brisk transit trade in grain, wax, honey, and brandy with Transylvania, Servia, and Roumania. Temesvar has endured a great number of sieges—the latest being that of 1849, when it was besieged and bombarded for 107 days by the Hungarian insurgents, but was relieved by Haynau. Pop. (1880) 33,694; (1890) 39,850.