SZABADKA (German, Maria-Theresiopel), a royal free town of Hungary, in the county of Bācs, on Lake Palics, in 46° 8' N. lat. and 19° 42' E. long. It is the centre of an immense agricultural district and has little claim to special distinction. There are a chamber of advocates, an upper gymnasium, a state training institute for governesses, and an industrial and commercial school. The population (61,367 in 1880) was about 63,500 in 1885, mostly Hungarians, but partly Bunyevāczs (a branch of Servians).