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Verschreibung über die Erhebung des Fleckens Johannisburg zur Stadt im Jahre 1645. (Zum 350. Jahrestag der Verleihung der Stadtrechte an die Stadt Johannisburg in Ostpreußen 1645-1995.)
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Russian Partition took refuge in the town. The Prussians imprisoned and tried Polish insurgents and
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Selbstbestimmung für
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