Talk:Braniewo
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[edit] Swedish students
"It was popular among Swedish students during the pro-Catholic reign of King John III of Sweden." This was moved to Talk as a reference for it has not yet been provided. Olessi 18:21, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rainer Barzel
The article might mention that Rainer Barzel (1924-2006), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1971 and 1973, and the CDU's candidate for Chancellor of Germany in 1972, was born in then-Braunsberg.
Sca 14:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Naming
I think we should add an old baltic name of this town "Prūsa".
[edit] Military Events
The section should be removed, it´s not explained what really happened at B. and it seems, it´s only a list of wars throughout history. There´s no real recognizable coherance and some parts are simply wrong
- in 1520 the Teutonic Knights were just at the end of their political role in East Prussia, nothing happened in 1520
- 1815 : Russia and Prussia were Allies against Napoleon, there has NOT been any kind of siege at B. / and what about Congress Poland ? in 1815 at B.?? It´s fantasy.
- 1919 : Polish troops at B. ??? It simply never happened anything like that.
- Nothern wars - what happened at B. ?
- Brandenburg Prussia - 13 years of siege?
The whole section is superficial, the history of B. is not the history of military events - If somebody is able to explain the sense of this section , please don´t hesitate , otherwise I´ll remove it soon:(217.184.130.130 (talk) 16:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC))
[edit] Braunsberg/Braniewo
(posting here removed parts of history)
During Prince-Bishop Stanislaus Hosius' government, Lutheran teachings again became popular in Braunsberg. They were suppressed when Hosius in 1564 brought in the Jesuits and in 1565 founded the Collegium Hosianum gymnasium and Lyceum Hosianum. Kirchenbuch (church books) were started in Braunsberg in 1565 (see link below. A priest seminary for the diocese was added in 1566. Pope Gregory XIII later added a papal mission seminary for northern and eastern European countries. Regina Protmann, a native of Braunsberg, founded the Saint Catherine Order of Sisters in the town, recognized by the church in 1583. The Jesuit theologian Antonius Possevinus was instrumental in enlarging the Collegium Hosianum in the 1580s to educate Swedes and Ruthenians there as well in order to counter the widespread Protestant movement.
The ethnically German, politically nominally connected to Polish crown, and primarily Catholic town was annexed by the mostly Protestant Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland and made part of the province of East Prussia the following year. Braunsberg obtained its first railway connection in 1852. In 1871 it became part of the newly established German Empire during the Prussian-led unification of Germany.
External link
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.137.201.57 (talk) 23:36, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
