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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.

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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

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