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BRAUNSBERG

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 437 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRAUNSBERG , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, 38 m. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Konigsberg, on the Passarge, 4 M. from its mouth in the Frisches Haff. Pop. (1900) 12,497. It possesses numerous See also:Roman See also:Catholic institutions, of which the most important is the See also:Lyceum Hosianum (enjoying university See also:rank), founded in 1564 by the See also:cardinal See also:bishop See also:Stanislaus See also:Hosius. See also:Brewing, tanning, and the manufactures of See also:soap, yeast, carriages and bricks are the most important See also:industries of the town, which also carries on a certain amount of See also:trade in See also:corn, See also:ship See also:timber and See also:yarn. The See also:river is navigable for small vessels. The See also:castle of Braunsberg was built by the See also:Teutonic knights in 1241, and the town was founded ten years later. Destroyed by the Prussians in 1262, it was restored in 1299. The town, which was the seat of the bishops of See also:Ermeland from 1255 to 1298, was granted the " See also:law of See also:Lubeck " by its bishop in 1284, and admitted to the Hanseatic See also:League. After numerous vicissitudes it See also:fell into the hands of the Poles in 1520, and in 1626 it was captured by Gustavus See also:Adolphus. The Swedes kept See also:possession till 1635. It fell to Prussia by the first See also:partition of See also:Poland in 1772.

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