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See also:FRAUSTADT (See also:Polish, Wszowa)
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Posen, in a See also:flat sandy See also:country. dotted with windmills, 50 M
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S.S.W. of Posen, on the railway See also:Lissa-See also:Sagan
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Pop
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(including a See also:garrison) 7500
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It has three Evangelical and two See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a classical school and a teachers' See also:seminary; the manufactures include woollen and See also:cotton goods, hats, See also:morocco See also:leather and gloves, and there is a considerable See also:trade in See also:corn, See also:cattle and See also:wool
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See also:Fraustadt was founded by Silesians in 1348, and afterwards belonged to the principality of See also:Glogau
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Near the town the Swedes under See also: |
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Polish name is Wschowa, not Wszowa.
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