Temesvar

Temesvar, a city of South Hungary, is upon the Bega Canal, 160 miles S.E. of Pesth. The town proper contains a fortified citadel, and there are four suburbs; and among the chief buildings are a cathedral, castle, and bishop's palace. The principal productions are flour, tobacco, cloth, silk, paper, leather, wool, and oil; and there is a considerable trade in grain, wax, honey, and brandy from Servia, Transylvania, and Roumania. In 1849 the Hungarian rebels besieged it for more than three months, General Haynau eventually relieving it.