Nisch, the chief town and commercial centre of Southern Servia, stands in the midst of a vine-growing district, 152 miles by rail SE. of Belgrade. It is the seat of a Greek bishop and has a fairly strong citadel (1737). The place has played a conspicuous part in the Turkish wars from 1375 down to 1878, when it was occupied by Servia. Here, on 23d September 1689, the Austrians defeated the Turks. Pop. (1890) 19,877.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 506
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