Saturday, April 09, 2011
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
ERLAU(hungarian-eger, slavonic-jager, + latin-agria)- fortified town of hungary. previous to 1803, erlau was the see of a bishopric, founded by st. stephan, king of hungary in the 1th c. in 1804 elevated to an arch-bishopric. wineries. red wines! old walls + 6 gates. observatory. cathdral, blah blah founded by king stephan of hungary who lived there in 1010. turks, turkish fortress. in 1552 resisted repeated assaults by the turks. in 1596, austria gave it up. during revolution in 1848-49 erlau had remarkable patriotic spirit. pop at 1870 was 19,150.
wiki uses eger
