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Museum in Leśniczówka Pranie. There is a museum in the 9th century granary displaying historical artifacts and a notable collection of antlers. There are horse and horse-drawn carriage trips. The town is surrounded by the largest
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Due to natural resources comprising the reach forestry and shallow deposits of bog iron ore, the industrial traditions of Pisz are connected with wood processing (the sawmill) and metallurgy. There are
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Die
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.)
773:. The wood processing industry has a long tradition in Pisz. The core of the industry is its sawmill, supporting a broadbase plywood industry with a plant called Zakłady Przemysłu Sklejek.
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members in the town. Residents protested against the deportation of insurgents to the
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of Poland, and Polish insurgents fleeing the
Russian Partition took refuge in the town. The Prussians imprisoned and tried Polish insurgents and
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Selbstbestimmung für
Ostdeutschland – Eine Dokumentation zum 50 Jahrestag der ost- und westpreussischen Volksabstimmung am 11. Juli 1920
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Groniewska, Barbara (1960). "Rola Prus
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Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych
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1060:(in Polish). No. 119. Kraków. 21 May 1920. p. 1.
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The site of today's Pisz was originally inhabited by the
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in 1913. The town's industrial development focused on
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stopped in the town in 1709 and 1734 and in 1813 Tsar
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in 1701 and
Germany in 1871. In 1698, King of Poland
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16:"Johannisburg" redirects here. For other uses, see
909:O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich
601:visited the town. Later on, the town was part of
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984:(in German). Pantheon.
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