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KROTOSCHIN (in Polish, Krotoszyn)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 929 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KROTOSCHIN (in See also:Polish, Krotoszyn) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Posen, 32 M. S.E. of Posen. Pop. (1900), 12,373. It has three churches, a See also:synagogue, See also:steam saw-See also:mills, and a steam brewery, and carries on See also:trade in See also:grain and seeds. The See also:castle of Krotoschin is the See also:chief See also:place of a mediatized principality which was formed in 1819 out of the domains of the Prussian See also:crown and was granted to the See also:prince of Thurn and Taxis in See also:compensation for the relinquishment by him of the See also:monopoly of the Prussian postal See also:system, formerly held by his See also:family.

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