Warasdin
WARASDIN (Hungarian, Varasd; Croatian, VaraZdin), a royal free town of Hungary, and capital of the county of Warasdin, in Croatia-Slavonia ; on the right bank of the Drave, 62 m. by rail N.N.E. of Agram. Pop. (1900) 12,930. Warasdin is the seat of a district court, and possesses an old castle, a cathedral and several churches, monasteries and schools. It carries on a brisk trade in timber, wine, fruit, tobacco, spirits, stoneware and silk. Coal is also mined in the Warasdin Mountains. The celebrated sulphur baths of Constantins-Bad or Toplitz, known to the Romans as Thermae Constanlianae, lie about 10 m. S.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
