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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 610 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PILLAU , a seaport and watering-See also:

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

place of See also:

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

province of See also:

East See also:

Prussia, on the See also:

SPIT

spit of See also:

sand (Nehrung) which separates the Frische Haff from the Baltic, on the See also:

north of the entrance channel, and 29 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail from See also:

KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg. Pop. (1905), 7374. It is fortified and has a 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, which serves as the See also:

OUTER

outer See also:

PORT

port of Konigsberg, and to some extent also of See also:

ELBING

Elbing and See also:

BRAUNSBERG

Braunsberg. A new navigable channel was in 1900-1901 constructed across the Frische Haff from Pillau to Konigsberg. Pillau has a school of See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation, and is a well-known See also:

PILOT

pilot station. See also:

SHIP

Ship-See also:

BUILDING

building, See also:

SAIL

sail-making, fishing and the working of See also:

AMBER

amber are carried on. Pillau is memorable as the place where Gustavus See also:

ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus of See also:

Sweden landed in 1626. It did not obtain civic privileges until 1725, but was fortified shortly after that date. In 1807 it offered a stout resistance to the See also:

French. By a treaty of the 24th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1812 it was ceded to See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon, but on the 6th of February in the following See also:

YEAR

year it was restored to Prussia.

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