Funfkirchen (five churches; in Hungarian Pecs, which in the language of the surrounding Slavic tribes means five), a town of Hungary, capital of the county of Baranya, 105 m. S. S. W. of Buda; pop. in 1870, 17,447. It is surrounded by rich vineyards, in the vicinity of mineral springs, and is one of the pleasantest towns of Hungary. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, and has an old Gothic cathedral, built on the site of a Roman castle, two monasteries, a public library, several schools and hospitals, and a theatre. The population consists chiefly of Magyars, but the Slavic and German inhabitants are also numerous. The town has a large trade in coal, alum, vitriol, wine, grain, tobacco, rape seed, wool, and other products of the neighboring country.-Funf-kirchen is supposed to be the Colonia Serbinum of the Romans. In the time of Hungarian independence it was larger and much more important than now. History mentions that 2,000 of its students marched out to the battle field of Mohacs, where the Hungarians were defeated by the Turks under Solyman, Aug. 29, 1526. This sultan passed some time at Funf-kirchen, during the siege of the fortress of Szigeth, and was so delighted with the place that he called it a paradise on earth.

It remained in the hands of the Mussulmans from 1543 till 1686.