Facts in brief:
One of nation's oldest cities; seized by Teutonic Knights in 1308; prospered until Swedish wars in 17th cen.; seized by Prussia in 1772; free city in 1807 & 1919-1939; site of Hitler's September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland.
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