a town of West Prussia, government of Dantzig, is situated on the right bank of the Nogat, a branch of the Vistula, here crossed by a bridge of boats 546 feet long, 27 miles S.E. of Dantzig. It is surrounded by walls, and is principally important and interesting as having been the residence of the grand masters of the Teutonic Order of Knights. The ancient castle of the Order, which comprises also a palace and a church, is a splendid edifice in the Gothic style. It seems probable that the oldest part of it was built in the thirteenth century, when the King of Poland made a grant of this country to the knights. Additions were subsequently made to it in 1309, when the seat of the Order was transferred hither from Venice, and in 1335. In 1457 the castle was surrendered to the Poles, after having sustained several unsuccessful attacks in 1410 and 1420. On falling into decay, it was in 1815 restored by the present King of Prussia, and has since been kept in good preservation. The chapter-house, where all the meetings of the knights were held, is supported by a single granite pillar; and during the siege in 1410 the Poles attempted the destruction of the knights by aiming a cannon ball at the supporting column, when they knew that the grand master and his knights were assembled in conclave. The hall, which narrowly missed its aim, is still shown buried in the corner of the building. The church is a fine edifice in good preservation, and is chiefly remarkable for a mosaic figure of the Virgin on the outside of the wall. In the vaults beneath are buried many of the grand masters of the Teutonic Knights; and an extremely beautiful picture of the Virgin, by an unknown artist, which is kept here, is believed to possess miraculous powers. The town possesses in the present day little importance. It has a Roman Catholic and a Calvinist church, a normal school, and other educational and charitable institutions; as well as manufactures of cotton and woollen fabrics, and some trade in corn and wool. Pop. 7037.