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Encyclopedia Britannica



BRAUNSBERG

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 437 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BRAUNSBERG , a town of Germany, in the kingdom of
Prussia
 , 38 m. by rail S.W. of
Konigsberg
 , on the Passarge, 4 M. from its mouth in the Frisches Haff. Pop. (1900) 12,497. It possesses numerous Roman Catholic institutions, of which the most important is the Lyceum Hosianum (enjoying university rank), founded in 1564 by the cardinal
bishop
 
Stanislaus
  Hosius. Brewing, tanning, and the manufactures of soap, yeast, carriages and bricks are the most important
industries
  of the town, which also carries on a certain amount of
trade
  in corn, ship timber and yarn. The river is navigable for small vessels. The castle of Braunsberg was built by the Teutonic knights in 1241, and the town was founded ten years later. Destroyed by the Prussians in 1262, it was restored in 1299. The town, which was the seat of the bishops of Ermeland from 1255 to 1298, was granted the " law of
Lubeck
  " by its
bishop
  in 1284, and admitted to the Hanseatic League. After numerous vicissitudes it fell into the hands of the Poles in 1520, and in 1626 it was captured by Gustavus
Adolphus
 . The Swedes kept possession till 1635. It fell to
Prussia
  by the first
partition
  of Poland in 1772.


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