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MARIENWERDER

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 715 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARIENWERDER , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:West See also:Prussia, 3 M. E. of the See also:Vistula, 23 M. S. of See also:Marienburg by See also:rail. Pop. (1905), 10,258. The town was founded in the See also:year 1233 by the See also:Teutonic See also:order. It has a See also:cathedral of the same See also:century, a triple See also:Gothic edifice, restored in 1874 and containing the tombs of several See also:grand masters of the Teutonic order; a (Gothic) town-See also:hall (r88o); a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:basilica (1858); a non-commissioned See also:officers' school; a See also:monument of the See also:war of 1870-71 (1897); an archaeological collection; and a See also:seminary for See also:female teachers. The See also:industries include See also:iron-foundries, saw-See also:mills, See also:sugar-refineries, breweries and See also:printing-See also:works.

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