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Encyclopedia Britannica



THORN (Polish Torun)

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 879 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: THE-TOO
THORN (Polish Torun) , a fortress town of Germany, in the Prussian province of West Prussia, situated on the right bank of the Vistula, near the point where the river enters Prussian territory, 85 m. by rail N.E. of Posen, 92 M. S. of Danzig and 12 M. from the Russian frontier at Alexandrovo. Pop. (1895), 30,314; (1906), 43,435 Its position as a
bridge
  head commanding the passage of the Vistula makes it a point of strategic importance; it was strongly fortified in 1818, and in 1878 was converted into a fortress of the first class. The defensive works consist of a circle of outlying forts, about 21 M. from the centre of the towneight on the right and five on the left bank of the river. The " old town," founded. in 1231, and the " new town," founded thirty-three years later, were united in 1454, and both retain a number of quaint buildings dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, when Thorn was a flourishing member of the Hanseatic League. The town-
hall
  of the 14th and 16th centuries, the churches of St John of the Virgin, and of St James (all of the13th-14th centuries), the ruined castle of the Teutonic order (a tower, the so-called " Dansker "), and a leaning tower, the sole remnant of the old environing walls, are among the most interesting of the ancient edifices. Among modern buildings may be mentioned the Artushof, containing concert and assembly halls, the new garrison church (1897), and the
monument
  erected in 1853 to Copernicus, who was a native of Thorn. The ancient wooden
bridge
 , now burned down, at one time the only permanent bridge across the lower Vistula, has been succeeded by a massive iron railway viaduct, 3300 ft. long. Thorn carries on an active trade in grain, timber,, wine, groceries and minerals, and has ironworks, saw-mills, and various other manufactures. It is famous for its Pfefferkuchen, a kind of gingerbread. Part of the trade is carried on by passenger and cargo vessels on the Vistula, which ply as far as Warsaw.
Thorn, founded in 1231 by the Teutonic order a.s an outpost against the Poles, was colonized mainly from Westphalia. The first peace of Thorn, between the order and the Poles, was concluded in 1411. In 1.454 the townspeople revolted from the knights of the order; destroyed their castle, and attached them-selves to the king of Poland. This resulted in a war, which was terminated in 1466 by the second peace of Thorn. In the 15th and 16th centuries Thorn was a Hanse town of importance, and received the titles of " Queen of the Vistula " and " the beautiful." It embraced the Reformation in 1557, and in 1645 it was the scene of a colloquium' charitativum, or discussion betwixt the doctors of the rival creeds, which, however, resulted in no agreement. In 1724 a riot between the
Protestant
  and Roman Catholic inhabitants was seized upon by the Polish king as a pretext for beheading the burgomaster and nine other leading
Protestant
  citizens, an act of oppression which is known as the " blood-bath of Thorn." The second
partition
  of Poland (1793) conferred Thorn upon Prussia; by the treaty of Tilsit it was assigned to the duchy of Warsaw; but since the congress of Vienna (1815) it has again been Prussian.
See Wernicke, Geschichte Thorns (Thorn, 1839-1842) ; Hoburg, Die Belagerungen der Stadt and Festung Thorn (Thorn, 185o); and Steinbrecht, Die Baukunst des deutschen Ritterordens in Preussen (1st part, Berlin, 1884); Uebrick, Thorn (Danzig, 1903).


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