The town suffered from warfare and the church tower was not rebuilt until 1544, when Prince-Bishop Johannes Dantiscus ordered 20 zentners' weight of copper from Anton Fugger in Augsburg.
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Gustavus von Tempsky (1828–1868), adventurer, newspaper correspondent and soldier
They were at first composed of officials of six big cities of the region; Braunsberg (Braniewo), Culm (Chełmno), Elbing (Elbląg), Danzig (Gdańsk), Königsberg (Królewiec) and Thorn (Toruń).
He was born 6 July 1987 in Braniewo, Poland and made his Polish league debut on 30 October 2004 for Olimpia Elbląg.
The strait is the shipping connection from the open sea to the important Russian ports of Baltiysk and Kaliningrad in the northeastern lagoon, as well as to the Polish ports of Elbląg, Braniewo, Tolkmicko, Frombork, Sztutowo, Krynica Morska, and Nowa Pasłęka in the southeastern lagoon.