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annals mention it in 1139. Several seines, or diets, of Poland were held there during the 13th to 15th centuries, and it was a wealthy town until nearly destroyed by a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1447. The old See also:

castle, which suffered much in the See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

war of 1702–1711, was destroyed by the Germans in 1800. There are two churches, dating from the See also:

LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath and 14th centuries respectively.

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