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GOLDINGEN (Lettish, Kuldiga)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 212 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOLDINGEN (Lettish, Kuldiga) , a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Courland, 55 M. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Libau, and on See also:Windau See also:river, in 56° 58' N. and 22° E. Pop. (1897) 9733• It has woollen See also:mills, See also:needle and match factories, breweries and distilleries, a See also:college for teachers, and ruins of a See also:castle of the See also:Teutonic Knights, built in 1248 and used in the 17th See also:century as the See also:residence of the See also:dukes of Courland.

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