The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; V. 1-27 Volume 8

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... silver, and 50 tons of lead), Posczoryta about 1000 cwt. of copper, and Jacobeny about 1200 tons of iron. There are three glass-works, and several potash manufactories and brandy distilleries, in this county. The Buckowine was in a very wild and barbarous state when it was first annexed to the crown of Austria, but has been rapidly advancing in civilization and prosperity ever since. The inhabitants differ botli in descent and religion from their Galician neighbours; they are chiefly of Wallachian extraction, and profess the Greek religion. A vast number of Armenians, Jews, Hungarians, and Germans, besides about 8000 Philippones from the Crimea, who sought refuge here in Joseph II.'s time, and settled in and around Dragowesna, have intermixed with them. The whole population in 1817 amounted to 201,319, and consisted of 41,864 familes; in 1825 it was 261,162; and at the present day it is about 280,000. Of municipal towns there are 3; market-towns 3; and villages 274. The three municipal towns are Czernovitz, the capital; Suczava, with 4 churches, a synagogue, and about 5200 inhabitants; and Sereth, with 3 churches, and about 3100 inhabitants. CZERNOVITZ, the capital of the Buckowine, and of the present circle of Czernovitz, is situated on a hill close to the right bank of the Pruth, in 48 25' N. lat., and 25 39' E. long. In the centre of the town is a spacious square, with the main street passing directly across it. Although there are many handsome private houses and public edifices, such as the Gre'ek cathedral, the Roman Catholic collegiate church, the hospital and government buildings, &c, Czernovitz itself is an indifferently constructed town, and the remote quarters are composed of narrow rows of low wretched hovels. The number...