Kirkudbright

Kirkudbright

Kirkudbright (Kirkcudbright [spr. Kerkuddbreiht], East-Galloway), 1) Grafschaft (Stewarly) im südwestlichen Schottland, am Irländischen Meere; 401/5 QM., 43, 300 Ew.; gebirgig; Flüsse: Dee, Urr u. Nith; wenig Ackerbau, viel Viehzucht, geringe Industrie; 2) Hauptstadt darin an der Mündung des Dee in den Solwaybusen; Eisenbahnverbindung mit Dumfries, Akademie, Hafen; 3600 Ew.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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