Elbing

Proper noun

Meaning

The German name for Elbląg in Poland, which was in German hands until 1945.

A minor city in Butler County, Kansas, United States, named after the formerly German city.

Anagrams

Examples

According to the Elbląg museum Early in the 13th century the Teutonic Knights conquered the region, built a castle, and founded Elbing on the lake, with a population mostly from Lübeck (today the lake, now much smaller, no longer reaches the city). Source: Internet

A collection of pieces for lute was purchased by Dohna and kept at the Elbing library. Source: Internet

Although the various Baltic tribes were mentioned by ancient historians as early as 98 B.C., the first attestation of a Baltic language was in about 1350, with the creation of the Elbing Prussian Vocabulary, a German to Prussian translation dictionary. Source: Internet

Elbing is the German name of Elbląg, a city in northern Poland which until 1945 was a German city in the province of East Prussia. Source: Internet

The foundation of Elbing was perhaps not the end of the Old Prussian story in the region. Source: Internet

In 1837 Ferdinand Schichau started the Schichau-Werke company in Elbing as well as another shipyard in Danzig later on. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms