BRAUNSBURG, a circle in the Prussian government of Königsberg and province of East Prussia. It extends over 392 square miles, and contains three cities and seventeen parishes, with 30,663 inhabitants. Though very woody,
it produces much good corn and flax. The city, whose name it bears, stands near the Frische Haff, which communicates with the Baltic Sea at Pillau. It contains four Catholic churches and one Lutheran, with 645 houses and 6194 inhabitants. Long. 9. 44. 35. E. Lat. 54. 19. 25. N.