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Marienwerder
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of West Prussia, 3 m. E. of the Vistula, 23 m. S. of Marienburg by rail. Pop. (1905), 10,258. The town was founded in the year 1233 by the Teutonic order. It has a cathedral of the same century, a triple Gothic edifice, restored in 1874 and containing the tombs of several grand masters of the Teutonic order; a (Gothic) town-hall (1880); a Roman Catholic basilica (1858); a non-commissioned officers' school; a monument of the war of 1870-71 (1897); an archaeological collection; and a seminary for female teachers. The industries include ironfoundries, saw-mills, sugar-refineries, breweries and printingworks.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Marienwerder'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/marienwerder.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Marienwerder'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/marienwerder.html. 1910.
