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Biggest Cities of the Austrian Empire in 1850 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the Austrian Empire with an estimated population of over 10,000 in 1850?
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Population figures are based off this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
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Population
Cities
Crown Land
551k
Vienna
Lower Austria
209k
Milan
Lombardy-Venetia
127k
Venice
Lombardy-Venetia
118k
Prague
Bohemia
96k
Buda
Hungary
68k
Lemberg
(Lviv)
Galicia-Lodomeria
65k
Pest
Hungary
64k
Trieste
Trieste
55k
Graz
Styria
51k
Verona
Lombardy-Venetia
49k
Debrezin
(Debrecen)
Hungary
49k
Segedin
(Szeged)
Hungary
48k
Maria-Theresiapolis
(Subotica)
Serbia and Temes
47k
Brünn
(Brno)
Moravia
47k
Padua
Lombardy-Venetia
42k
Cracow
Galicia-Lodomeria
42k
Pressburg
(Bratislava)
Hungary
41k
Brescia
Lombardy-Venetia
33k
Neumarkt an der Theiß
(Hódmezővásárhely)
Hungary
32k
Ketschkemet
(Kecskemét)
Hungary
31k
Cremona
Lombardy-Venetia
30k
Mantua
Lombardy-Venetia
29k
Pavia
Lombardy-Venetia
29k
Vicenza
Lombardy-Venetia
27k
Agram
(Zagreb)
Croatia
27k
Chioggia
Lombardy-Venetia
27k
Linz
Upper Austria
26k
Jaroslau
(Jarosław)
Galicia-Lodomeria
24k
Bergamo
Lombardy-Venetia
24k
Kronstadt
(Brasov)
Transylvania
23k
Makowa
(Makó)
Hungary
23k
Tschabe
(Békéscsaba)
Hungary
23k
Udine
Lombardy-Venetia
22k
Brody
Galicia-Lodomeria
22k
Szentes
Hungary
22k
Zombor
(Sombor)
Serbia and Temes
21k
Czernowitz
(Chernivtsi)
Bukovina
21k
Großwardein
(Oradea)
Hungary
20k
Arad
Hungary
20k
Klausenburg
(Cluj-Napoca)
Transylvania
18k
Bekesch
(Békés)
Hungary
18k
Erlau
(Eger)
Hungary
18k
Feulegaß
(Kiskunfélegyháza)
Hungary
18k
Komorn
(Komárno)
Hungary
18k
Lodi
Lombardy-Venetia
18k
Treviso
Lombardy-Venetia
18k
Werschetz
(Vršac)
Serbia and Temes
17k
Cegléd
Hungary
17k
Hirschfeld
(Szarvas)
Hungary
17k
Jászárokszállás
Hungary
17k
Laibach
(Ljubljana)
Carniola
17k
Pantschowa
(Pančevo)
Serbia and Temes
17k
Salzburg
Salzburg
17k
Timișoara
(Temeswar)
Serbia and Temes
16k
Fünfkirchen
(Pécs)
Hungary
16k
Hermannstadt
(Sibiu)
Transylvania
16k
Görz
(Gorizia)
Görz and Gradisca
16k
Iglau
(Jihlava)
Moravia
16k
Mischkolz
(Miskolc)
Hungary
16k
Monza
Lombardy-Venetia
Population
Cities
Crown Land
16k
Nagykőrös
Hungary
16k
Ödenburg
(Sopron)
Hungary
16k
Raab
(Győr)
Hungary
16k
Thur
(Mezőtúr)
Hungary
15k
Betschermen
(Hajdúböszörmény)
Hungary
15k
Budweis
(České Budějovice)
Bohemia
15k
Eger
(Cheb)
Bohemia
15k
Frankenstadt
(Baja)
Hungary
15k
Großkikinda
(Kikinda)
Serbia and Temes
15k
Jula
(Gyula)
Hungary
15k
Kaschau
(Košice)
Hungary
15k
Premissel
(Przemysl)
Galicia-Lodomeria
15k
Reichenberg
(Liberec)
Bohemia
15k
Stuhlweißenburg
(Székesfehérvár)
Hungary
15k
Zenta
(Senta)
Serbia and Temes
14k
Birkenkirchen
(Nyíregyháza)
Hungary
14k
Kollotschau
(Kalocsa)
Hungary
14k
Petschka
(Pecica)
Hungary
14k
Schemnitz
(Banská Štiavnica)
Hungary
13k
Bassano
Lombardy-Venetia
13k
Esseg
(Osijek)
Slavonia
13k
Gengeß
(Gyöngyös)
Hungary
13k
Hallasch
(Kiskunhalas)
Hungary
13k
Innsbruck
Tyrol
13k
Olmütz
(Olomouc)
Moravia
13k
Proßnitz
(Prostějov)
Moravia
13k
Sathmar
(Satu Mare)
Hungary
13k
Ternopil
Galicia-Lodomeria
13k
Tschongrad
(Csongrád)
Hungary
12k
Belluno
Lombardy-Venetia
12k
Como
Lombardy-Venetia
12k
Donaufeldburg
(Dunaföldvár)
Hungary
12k
Engelhausen
(Karcag)
Hungary
12k
Klagenfurt
Carinthia
12k
Poppa
(Pápa)
Hungary
12k
Rovigo
Lombardy-Venetia
12k
Steinamanger
(Szombathely)
Hungary
12k
Wiener Neustadt
Lower Austria
11k
Casalmaggiore
Lombardy-Venetia
11k
Fiume
(Rijeka)
Fiume
11k
Großsanktnikolaus
(Sânnicolau Mare)
Serbia and Temes
11k
Orosháza
Hungary
11k
Pilsen
(Plzeň)
Bohemia
11k
Rovigno
(Rovinj)
Istria
11k
Rofreit
(Rovereto)
Tyrol
11k
Sollnock
(Szolnok)
Hungary
11k
Spalato
(Split)
Dalmatia
11k
Stanislau
(Ivano-Frankivsk)
Galicia-Lodomeria
11k
Steyr
Upper Austria
11k
Waitzen
(Vác)
Hungary
11k
Weißbrunn
(Veszprém)
Hungary
11k
Wels
Upper Austria
10k
Este
Lombardy-Venetia
10k
Großkarol
(Carei)
Hungary
10k
Großsalontha
(Salonta)
Hungary
10k
Neusatz
(Novi Sad)
Serbia and Temes
10k
Hajdúnánás
Hungary
10k
Hajdúszoboszló
Hungary
10k
Teschen
(Cieszyn)
Silesia
10k
Troppau
(Opava)
Silesia
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Level 66
Mar 1, 2022
Nice quiz! 16/120 sadly I did shamefully bad...
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Level 55
Mar 2, 2022
Thanks!
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Level 70
Mar 9, 2022
I was expecting Ostrava. Wikipedia says it had a population of 38k in 1869, did it explode in 20 years?
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Level 55
Mar 9, 2022
Looks like it did. Source lists Ostrau with a mere population of 7k at the time.