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sea level, and has probably given its name to the town (Mille in der Aue). Pop. (1897), 35,011 inhabitants, mainly Germans, but including also See also:

Jews (65oo), Letts (5000) and Russians. At high See also:

WATER

water the plain and sometimes also the town are inundated. Mitau is surrounded by a See also:

canal occupying the See also:

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

place of former fortifications. It has See also:

REGULAR

regular, broad streets, bordered with the mansions of the See also:

German See also:

NOBILITY

nobility, who reside at the capital of Courland. Mitau is well provided with educational institutions, and is also the seat of the Lettish See also:

LITERARY

Literary Society. The old See also:

castle (1266) of the See also:

dukes of Courland, situated on an See also:

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

island in the river, was destroyed by See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

BIREN (or BUHREN), ERNST JOHANN (16go-1772)

Biren, who erected in its place (1738—1772) a spacious See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, now occupied by the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and the courts. Manufactures are few, those of See also:

wax-See also:

CLOTH

cloth, See also:

LINEN

linen, See also:

SOAP

soap, See also:

INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink and See also:

BEER

beer being the most important. Mitau is supposed to have been founded in 1266 by ConradMandern, See also:

GRAND

grand-See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

order of the Brethren of the See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

Sword. In 1345, when it was plundered by the See also:

LITHUANIANS

Lithuanians, it was already an important town. In 1561 it became the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the dukes of Courland.

During the 17th See also:

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

century it was thrice taken by the Swedes. Russia annexed it with Courland in 1795. It was the residence (1798—1801 and 1804—1807) of the See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence (afterwards See also:

Louis XVIII.). In 1812 it was taken by See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon I.

End of Article: MITAU (Russian, Mitava; Lettish, Yelgava)

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