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Designation of the following seven populous Jewish communities in the counties of Oedenburg (Sopron) and Wieselburg (Mosony), Hungary: (1) Eisenstadt (Hungarian, Kis-Marton); (2) Deutsch-Kreutz (Német-Keresztur; Judæo-German, ); (3) Mattersdorf (Nagy Marton); (4) Lakenbach (Lakompak); (5) Kobersdorf (Kábold); (6) Kittsee (Köpcsény); (7) Frauenkirchen (Boldogasszony). They enjoyed special privileges, and were among the most wealthy communities of Hungary from the end of the seventeenth to the beginning of the nineteenth century.