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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 311 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIRSCHAU  , a

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town of
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Germany, in the
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kingdom of
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Prussia,
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province of
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West Prussia, on the
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left
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bank of the
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Vistula, 20 M . S. from
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Danzig and at the junction of the important lines of railway
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Berlin-
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Konigsberg and Danzig-
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Bromberg . Pop . (1905) 14,1$5 . It has a
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Roman
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Catholic and a
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Protestant
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church and several
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schools . The
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river is here crossed by two
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fine
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iron
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bridges . The older structure dating from the
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year 1857, originally used for the railway, is now given up to road
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traffic, and the railway carried by a new
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bridge completed in 1891 . Dirschau has railway
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work-shops and manufactories of
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sugar, agricultural implements and
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cement . During the
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war with
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Poland, Gustavus
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Adolphus made it his headquarters for many months after its
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capture in 1626 .

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