place
Debrecen
also: Debreczen
Hungary's second city, a Calvinist stronghold on the Great Plain; served as the seat of the revolutionary Hungarian parliament and government in 1848–49 after Pest fell to Habsburg forces.
Reading notes
- Correspondence §181 Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary's second city; the seat of the revolutionary Hungarian parliament and government in 1848–49 after Pest fell to Habsburg forces.