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See also: town of See also: Germany, and seaport of the Prussian province of See also: Pomerania, on the right See also: bank of the Persante, which falls into the Baltic about a mile below the town, and at the junction of the railway lines to See also: Belgard and See also: Gollnow
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Pop
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(1905), 22,804
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It has a handsome market-place with a statue of See also: Frederick See also: William III.; and there are extensive suburbs, of which the most important is Mtinde
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The
See also: principal buildings are the huge red-brick See also: church of St Mary, with five aisles, one of the most remarkable churches in Pomerania, dating from the 14th century; the council-
See also: house(Rathaus), erected after the plans of See also: Ernst F
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Zwirner; and the citadel
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See also: Kolberg also possesses four other churches, a theatre, a gymnasium, a school of navigation, and an See also: exchange
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Its bathing establishments are largely frequented and attract a considerable number of summer visitors
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It has a harbour at the mouth of the Persante, where there is a lighthouse
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Woollen See also: cloth, machinery and See also: spirits are manufactured; there is an extensive See also: salt-mine in the neighbouring Zillenberg; the See also: salmon and See also: lamprey See also: fisheries are important; and a See also: fair amount of commercial activity is maintained
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In 1903 a monument was erected to the memory 'of Gneisenau and the patriot, See also: Joachim Christian Nettelbeck (1738–1824), through whose efforts the town was saved from the French in 1806-7
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Originally a See also: Slavonic fort, Kolberg is one of the See also: oldest places of Pomerania
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At an early date it became the seat of aSee also: bishop, and although it soon lost this distinction it obtained municipal privileges in 1255
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From about 1276 it ranked as the most important place in the episcopal principality of Kamin, and from 1284 it was a member of the Hanseatic See also: League
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During the See also: Thirty Years' War it was captured by the Swedes in 1631, passing by the treaty of Westphalia to the elector of See also: Brandenburg, Frederick William I., who strengthened its fortifications
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The town was a centre of conflict during the Seven Years' War
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In 1758 and again in 176o the Russians besieged Kolberg in vain, but in 1762 they succeeded in capturing it
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Soon restored to Brandenburg, it was vigorously attacked by the French in 18o6 and i8o7, but it was saved by the long resistance of its inhabitants
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In 1887 the fortifications of the town were razed, and it has since become a fashionable watering-place, receiving annually nearly 15,000 visitors
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See Riemann, Geschichte der Sladt Kolberg (Kolberg, 1873) ; Stoewer, Geschichte der Stadt Kolberg (Kolberg, 1897) ; Schonlein, Geschichte der Belagerungen Kolbergs in den Jahren 1758, 1760, 1761 and 1807 (Kolberg, 1878) ; and Kempin, Fiihrer durch See also: Bad Kolberg (Kolberg, 1899)
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