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GRAUDENZ (Polish Grudziadz)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 381 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRAUDENZ (See also:Polish Grudziadz) , a See also:town in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, See also:province of See also:West Prussia, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Vistula, 18 m. S.S.W. of See also:Marienwerder and 37 M. by See also:rail N.N.E. of See also:Thorn. Pop. (1885) 17,336, (1905) 35,988. It has two See also:Protestant and three See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, and a See also:synagogue. It is a See also:place of considerable manufacturing activity. The town possesses a museum and a See also:monument to See also:Guillaume Rene Courbiere (1733–1811), the defender of the town in 1807. It has See also:fine promenades along the bank of the Vistula. Graudenz is an important place in the See also:German See also:system of fortifications, and has a See also:garrison of considerable See also:size. Graudenz was founded about 1250, and received civic rights in 1291. At the See also:peace of Thorn in 1466 it came under the lordship of See also:Poland. From 1665 to 1759 it was held by See also:Sweden, and in 1772 it came into the See also:possession of Prussia.

The fortress of Graudenz, which since 1873 has been used as a See also:

barracks and a military See also:depot and See also:prison, is situated on a steep See also:eminence about r a m. See also:north of the town and outside its limits. It was completed by See also:Frederick the See also:Great in 1776, and was rendered famous through its See also:defence by Courbiere against the See also:French in 1807.

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