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ELBING , a seaport See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, 49 M. by See also:rail E.S.E. of See also:Danzig, on the Elbing, a small See also:river which flows into the Frische Haff about 5 m. from the town, and is See also:united with the Nogat or eastern See also:arm of the See also:Vistula by means of the Kraffohl See also:canal. Pop. (1905) 55,627. By the Elbing-Oberlandischer canal, fro m. See also:long, constructed in 1845-186o, Lakes Geserich and See also:Drewenz are connected with See also:Lake Drausen, and consequently with the See also:port of Elbing. The old town was formerly surrounded by fortifications, but of these only a few fragments remain. There are several churches, among them the Marienkirche (dating from the 15th See also:century and restored in 1887), a classical school (Gymnasium) founded in 1536, a See also:modern school (Realschule), a public library of over 28,000 volumes, and several charitable institutions. The town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (1894) contains a See also:historical museum.
Elbing is a See also:place of rapidly growing See also:industries. At the See also:great See also:Schichau See also:iron-See also:works, which employ thousands of workmen, are built most of the See also:torpedo-boats and destroyers for the See also:German See also:navy, as well as larger See also:craft, locomotives and machinery. In addition to this there are at Elbing important iron foundries, and manufactories of machinery, cigars, See also:lacquer and See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal See also:ware, See also:flax and See also:hemp See also:yarn, See also:cotton, See also:linen, See also:organs, &c. There is a considerable See also:trade also in agricultural produce.
The origin of Elbing was a See also:colony of traders from See also:Lubeck and See also:Bremen, which established itself under the See also:protection of a See also:castle of the See also:Teutonic Knights, built in 1237. In 1246 the town acquired " Lubeck rights," i.e. the full See also:autonomy conceded by the See also:charter
of the See also:emperor See also:Frederick II. in 1226 (see LPBECK), and it was See also:early admitted to the Hanseatic See also:League. In 1454 the town repudiated the overlordship of the Teutonic See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order, and placed itself under the protection of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Poland, becoming the seat of a See also:Polish See also:voivode. From this event See also:dates a decline in its prosperity, a decline hastened by the See also:wars of the early 18th century. In 1698, and again in 1703, it was seized by the elector of See also:Brandenburg as See also:security for a See also:debt due to him by the Polish king. It was taken and held to See also:ransom by See also:Charles XII. of See also:Sweden, and in 1710 was captured by the Russians. In 1772, when it See also:fell to Prussia through the first See also:partition of Poland, it was •itterly decayed.
See See also:Fuchs, Gesch. der Stadt Elbing (Elbing, 1818–1852) ; Rhode, Der Elbinger Kreis in topographischer, historischer, and statistischer Hinsicht (Danzig, 1871); Wernick, Elbing (Elbing, 1888).
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