See also:CUSTRIN, or KUSTRIN
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, a fortress of the first See also:rank, at the confluence of the See also:Oder and See also:Warthe, 18 m
.
N.E. from See also:Frankfort-on-Oder and 51 M
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N.E. of See also:Berlin by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1900) 16,473 (including the See also:garrison)
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It consists of the town proper within the strong fortifications, a suburb on the See also:left See also:bank of the Oder, and one on the right bank of the Warthe
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There are three Evangelical churches and one See also:Roman See also:Catholic, and a handsome town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall
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There are See also:bridges over both See also:rivers
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See also:Custrin has some manufactories of See also:potato-See also:meal, machinery, pianos, See also:furniture, cigars, &c., and there is a considerable See also:river See also:trade
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About 1250 a town was erected on the site of Custrin, where a fishing See also:village originally stood
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From 1535 till 1571 it was the See also:residence of See also:John, See also:margrave of See also:Brandenburg-Custrin, who died without male heirs in 1571
.
Custrin was the See also:prison of See also:Frederick the See also:Great when See also:crown-See also:prince, and the See also:scene of the See also:execution of his friend Hans See also:Hermann von Katte on the 6th of See also:November 1730
.
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