GUSTROW

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GUSTROW , a town of Germany, in the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, on the Nebel and the railway from Lubeck to Stettin, 20 M. S. Of

Rostock

ROSTOCK

. Pop. (1875), 10,923; (1905) 17,163.. The principal buildings are the castle, erected in the middle of the 16th century and now used asia workhouse;the cathedral, dating from the 13th century and restored in 1868, containing many fine monuments and possessing a square tower loo ft. high; the Pfarrkirche, with fine altar-paintings; the town

hall

(Rathaus), dating from the 16th century; the music

hall

, and the theatre. Among the educational establishments are the ducal gymnasium, which possesses a library of 15,000 volumes, a modern and a commercial school. The town is one of the most prosperous in the duchy, and has machine works, foundries, tanneries, sawmills, breweries, distilleries, and manufactories of tobacco, glue, candles and soap. There is also a considerable trade in wool, corn,

wood

WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
WOOD, MRS
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
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- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF
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- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
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WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

, butter and cattle, and an annual cattle show and horse races are held.
Gustrow,

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the Mecklenburg duchy of that name, or of the Wend

district

DISTRICT

, was a place of some importance as early as the 12th century, and in 1219 it became the residence of

Henry

Borwin II., prince of Mecklenburg, from whom it received Schwerin privileges. From 1316 to 1436 the town was the residence of the princes of the Wends, and from 1556 to 1695 of the dukes of Mecklenburg-Gustrow. In 1628 it was occupied by the imperial troops, and Wallenstein resided in it during part of the years 1628 and 1629.

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