Kaschau

Kaschau, Kositze, or Kassa, a town in the north of Hungary, about 100 miles N.E. of Pesth. This ancient city, which is situated very picturesquely in the valley of the Hernad, is no less famous for its hams than for its Gothic Cathedral. It had once also a Jesuit university. In its square the river divides and forms an island, on which is a statue of St. John Nepomuk. Kasehau has a royal tobacco factory and an agricultural institute, and is the residence of a Roman Catholic Bishop.