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GUMBINNEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:East See also:Prussia, on the Pissa, an affluent of the Pregel, 22 M. by See also:rail S.W. of Eydtkuhnen on the See also:line to See also:Konigsberg. Pop. (1905), 14,194. The surrounding See also:country is pleasant and fruitful, and the town has spacious and See also:regular streets shaded by See also:linden trees. It has a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and three Evangelical churches, a See also:synagogue, a gymnasium, two public See also:schools, a public library, a See also:hospital and an infirmary. In the See also:market square there is a statue 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 Prussia See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I., who in 1724 raised Gumbinnen to the See also:rank of a town, and'in 1732 brought to it a number of persons who had been driven from See also:Salzburg by religious persecution. On the See also:bridge over the Pissa a See also:monument has been erected to the soldiers from the neighbourhood who See also:fell in the Franco-See also:German See also:war of 1870-71. See also:Iron See also:founding and the manufacture of machinery, See also:wool, See also:cotton, and See also:linen See also:weaving, See also:stocking-making, tanning, See also:brewing and distilling are the See also:principal See also:industries. There are See also:horse and See also:cattle markets, and some See also:trade in See also:corn and See also:linseed.
See J. See also:Schneider, Aus Gumbinnens Vergangenheit (Gumbinnen, 1904).
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