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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 114 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAMLAND , a See also:

peninsula of See also:Germany, in the See also:province of See also:East See also:Prussia, on the Baltic. It separates the Frisches Haff on the W. from the Kurisches Haff on the N.E., and is bounded on the S. by the See also:river Pregel and on the E. by the Deime. Its shape is oblong; it is 43 M. See also:long, and 18 broad, and has an See also:area of 900 sq. m. The See also:surface is mostly See also:flat, but on the W. See also:sand-hills rise to a height of 300 ft. The See also:chief product is See also:amber. The former episcopal see of Samland was founded by See also:Pope See also:Innocent IV. in 1249 and subordinated to the See also:archbishop of See also:Riga. See also:Bishop Georg von Polentz embraced the See also:Reformation in 1523i and in 1525 the See also:district was incorporated with the duchy of Prussia. See See also:Reusch, Sagen See also:des preussischen Samlandes (2nd ed., See also:Konigsberg, 1863) ; Jankowsky, Das Samland and See also:seine Bevolkerung (Konigsberg, 1902); Hensel, Samland Wegweiser (4th ed., Konigsberg, 1905) ; and the Urkundenbuch des Bistums Samland, edited by Wolky and Mendthal (See also:Leipzig, 1891-1904). ' See See also:Michael See also:Praetorius, Synt. See also:Mus. (Wolfenbiittel, 1618), p. 248 and pl.

42, where the See also:

illustration resembles a See also:tambourine, but the description mentions strings, showing that the author himself was puzzled.

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