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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 168 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LANDSKRONA , a seaport of See also:

Sweden, on the See also:

east See also:

side of the See also:

Sound, 15 m. N.E. of See also:

COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen. Pop. (1900) 14,399. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is excellent, giving a See also:

DEPTH

depth of 35 ft., with 15 ft. beside the quays. The See also:

TOWN

town is among the first twelve manufacturing centres of Sweden in value of output, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries being tanning and See also:

SUGAR

sugar manufacture and refining from beetroot. On the little See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Hven, immediately opposite the town, Tycho See also:

Brahe built his famous subterranean See also:

OBSERVATORY

observatory of Uranienborg in the second See also:

HALF

half of the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Landskrona, originally called Landora or See also:

LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE (1775-1864)

Landor, owed its first importance to See also:

King Erik NIII., who introduced a See also:

BODY

body of Carmelite monks from See also:

Germany in 1410, and bestowed on the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place the privileges of a town. During the See also:

WARS

wars of the 16th and 17th centuries it played too conspicuous a See also:

PART

part for its own prosperity. On the 24th of See also:

JULY

July 1677 a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

NAVAL

naval See also:

BATTLE

battle was fought in the neighbourhood in which the Swedes defeated the Danes.

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