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| '''Braunsberg''' (earlier Brunsberg), a city in eastern ], in the bishopric of ] (Pol. ''Warmia''), may have been named after Saint ]. It is near ] and both cities |
'''Braunsberg''' (earlier Brunsberg), a city in eastern ], in the bishopric of ] (Pol. ''Warmia''), may have been named after Saint ]. It is near ] and both cities are situated half ways between ] (earlier Danzig) and ] (earlier Koenigsberg) at the ]. | ||
| Braunsberg was already settled by Prussians: one of the earlier recorded names was ''Brus'', and there is some speculation that the origins of the city name lie in "Brus-berg". In 1249, Johannes Fleming, son of a Lübeck councilman (''Ratsherr'') founded Braunsberg. Bishop Anselm gave it ] city charter in 1254. | Braunsberg was already settled by Prussians: one of the earlier recorded names was ''Brus'', and there is some speculation that the origins of the city name lie in "Brus-berg". In 1249, Johannes Fleming, son of a Lübeck councilman (''Ratsherr'') founded Braunsberg. Bishop Anselm gave it ] city charter in 1254. | ||
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Braunsberg (earlier Brunsberg), a city in eastern Prussia, in the bishopric of Ermeland (Pol. Warmia), may have been named after Saint Bruno of Querfurt. It is near Frauenburg and both cities are situated half ways between Gdansk (earlier Danzig) and Kaliningrad (earlier Koenigsberg) at the Baltic Sea.
Braunsberg was already settled by Prussians: one of the earlier recorded names was Brus, and there is some speculation that the origins of the city name lie in "Brus-berg". In 1249, Johannes Fleming, son of a Lübeck councilman (Ratsherr) founded Braunsberg. Bishop Anselm gave it Luebeck city charter in 1254.
In 1260, bishop Anselm of Meissen founded a chapter attached to the cathedral of St. Andreas at Braunsberg. This chapter had the right to elect the bishop. Braunsberg was destroyed by Prussians, who fought for thirty years against take-over of their land by the papal legates. The next bishop Heinrich I (1278-1300) had to transfer the chapter from Braunsberg to Frauenburg. It remained in Frauenburg until the 20th century.
In 1296, a Franciscan abbey was built in Braunsberg, and in 1342 a Neustadt (new city) was added.
Next to Koenigsberg, Braunsberg was the leading academic center of Prussia. In 1912 the Jesuit college became the Staatliche Akademie Braunsberg.
In 1924 Rainer Barzel, later Bundestagspresident of the Bundesrepublik of Germany, was born in Braunsberg, Prussia.
Based on Georg Hermanowski, Ostpreussen and Catholic Encyclopedia