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LYCK, or LYK

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 153 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LYCK, or LYK , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:East See also:Prussia, 112 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Konigsberg, and See also:close to the frontier of See also:Poland, on a See also:lake and See also:river of the same name. Pop. (1900) 11,386. It is the See also:chief town of the region known as Masuria. On an See also:island in the iake is a See also:castle formerly belonging to the See also:Teutonic See also:order, and dating from 1273, now used as a See also:prison. There are See also:iron-foundries, distilleries, breweries, tanneries, See also:paper See also:mills and See also:flour mills, and a See also:trade in See also:grain and See also:cattle.

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