Pressburg
Americannoun
noun
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In 1805, the Peace of Pressburg handed Büsingen to the southern German kingdom of Württemberg.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2012
David Eli Lilienthal was born in the little town of Morton, Ill., the son of Jewish immigrants from a village near the old Austro-Hungarian city of Pressburg.
From Time Magazine Archive
At her palace in Pressburg, where he had been invited to fall in love with her daughter, the obstinate young man conceived a blind passion for Sophie Countess Chotek, a mere lady-in-waiting to Isabella.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It was in the vicinity of Pressburg, which is now a part of Czechoslovakia," said Lilienthal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elizabeth, St., of Thuringia, daughter of Andreas II, King of Hungary, was born at Pressburg 1207, and in 1221 married to Louis IV, land-grave of Thuringia.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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