Segesvár

Segesvár (Ger. Schüssburg), a town of Transylvania, on the Great Kokel, 60 miles by rail N.E. of Hermannstadt, consists of an upper and a lower town. Pop. 8788, who weave cotton and linen. Here on 31st July 1849 the Hungarians were defeated by the Russians; Petőfi is believed to have been amongst the slain.