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DIRSCHAU

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 311 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIRSCHAU , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, See also:province of See also:West Prussia, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Vistula, 20 M. S. from See also:Danzig and at the junction of the important lines of railway See also:Berlin-See also:Konigsberg and Danzig-See also:Bromberg. Pop. (1905) 14,1$5. It has a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and a See also:Protestant See also:church and several See also:schools. The See also:river is here crossed by two See also:fine See also:iron See also:bridges. The older structure dating from the See also:year 1857, originally used for the railway, is now given up to road See also:traffic, and the railway carried by a new See also:bridge completed in 1891. Dirschau has railway See also:work-shops and manufactories of See also:sugar, agricultural implements and See also:cement. During the See also:war with See also:Poland, Gustavus See also:Adolphus made it his headquarters for many months after its See also:capture in 1626.

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