Oedekbirg (Hung. Soprony).

I. A County Of W. Hungary

A County Of W. Hungary, bordering on Lower Austria and the counties of Wieselburg, Raab, Vesz-prem, and Eisenburg; area, 1,277 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 230,158. The western and northern districts are mountainous and wooded, while the southern and eastern are level and fertile. It is watered by the rivers Raab, Kabnitz, and Leitha. One of the largest lakes of Hungary, the Neusiedler lake, is in this county. The chief products are wheat, fruit, wine, tobacco, and coal.

II. A Town

A Town, capital of the county, near the Keusiedler lake, on a branch of the Vienna and Cilli railway, 37 m. S. S. E. of Vienna; pop. in 1870, 21,108, chiefly Germans. It is neatly built, and has several fine churches, both Catholic and Lutheran, colleges of both creeds, convents, hospitals, barracks, a military academy, a theatre, and a curious watch tower which anciently formed part of its fortifications. It has manufactures of cotton, woollen, etc, and an active trade in wine.