. The earth and its inhabitants .. . capital of the Teutonic Order, which at the height of its prosperity, in 1440, consisted of 3,000 knights, who reigned over 55 towns, 48 strong castles, and 18,368 villages. The old fortress of the order overtowers all other buildings of the town, and some of its rooms are admired as favourable specimens of Gothic architecture. A railway bridge, no less remarkable in its way than the old palace of the knights, spans the Nogat. Elhing (35,878 inhabitants), the ancient Truso, was founded in 1237 by colonists from Liibeck and Meissen, and two centuries afterwa
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . capital of the Teutonic Order, which at the height of its prosperity, in 1440, consisted of 3,000 knights, who reigned over 55 towns, 48 strong castles, and 18,368 villages. The old fortress of the order overtowers all other buildings of the town, and some of its rooms are admired as favourable specimens of Gothic architecture. A railway bridge, no less remarkable in its way than the old palace of the knights, spans the Nogat. Elhing (35,878 inhabitants), the ancient Truso, was founded in 1237 by colonists from Liibeck and Meissen, and two centuries afterwards placed itself * In 1862 322,120 tons of wheat were exported by sea; in 1873 only 121,200 tons. 96
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