Marienwerder, a town of West Prussia, is picturesquely situated 3 miles E. of the Vistula and 55 by rail S. of Danzig. It was founded in 1233 by the Teutonic Knights, and has an old castle and a domkirche (1384). Pop. 8079.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 44
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