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KONIGSHUTTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 895 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KONIGSHUTTE , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, situated in the See also:middle of the Upper Silesian See also:coal and See also:iron See also:district, 3 M. S. of See also:Beuthen and 122 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Breslau. Pop. (1852), 4495; (1875), 26,040; (1900), 57,919. In 1869 it was incorporated with various neighbouring villages, and raised to the dignity of a town. It has two See also:Protestant and three See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches and several See also:schools and benevolent institutions. The largest iron-See also:works in Silesia is situated at Konigshutte, and includes puddling works, See also:rolling-See also:mills, and See also:zinc-works. Founded in 1797, it was formerly in the hands of See also:government, but is now carried on by a See also:company. There are also manufactures of bricks and See also:glass and a See also:trade in See also:wood and coal. Nearly one-See also:half of the See also:population of the town consists of Poles. See See also:Mohr, Geschichte der Stadt Konigshutte (Konigshutte, 189o).

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