BROMBERG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• POSEN
• POSEN (Polish Poznan)

Posen, 32 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail W.N.W. from the fortress of See also:

• THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)
• THORN (Polish Torun)

Thorn, 7 M . W. from the See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• VISTULA (Ger. Weichsel, Polish Wisla)

Vistula, and at the centre of an important network of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, connecting it with the strategical points on the Prusso-See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian frontier . Pop . (1900) 52,082; (1905) 54,229 . Its public buildings comprise two See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and three See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant churches, a Jewish See also:

• SYNAGOGUE (avvaywyii)
• SYNAGOGUE, UNITED

synagogue, a See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, high grade See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre . The town also possesses a See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William I., a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 187o-71, and a statue of Benkenhoff, the constructor of the.Bromberg See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal . This See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORK

work, constructed in 1773-1774, by command of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II., connects the See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe with the See also:

• NETZE

Netze, and thus establishes communication between the Vistula, the See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder and the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• WORKS

works are See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundries and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine shops, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper factories and See also:

• FLOUR

flour See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills; the town has, moreover, an active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in agricultural and other products . In view of its strategical position, a large See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison is concentrated in and about the town . Bromberg is mentioned as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1252 . It See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell soon afterwards into the hands of the Poles, from whom it was taken in 1327 by the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order, which held it till 1343, when the Poles re-captured it . Destroyed in the course of these struggles, it was restored by Casimir of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland in 1346, and down to the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. it continued to be a flourishing commercial See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city .

It afterwards suffered so much from war and pestilence that about 1772, when the Prussians took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession, it contained only from five to six See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred inhabitants . By the treaty of See also:

• TILSIT

Tilsit it was transferred to the duchy of See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw; in 1813 it was occupied by the Russians, and in 1815 was restored to See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia .