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DOBERAN, or DOBBERAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 350 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOBERAN, or DOBBERAN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Schwerin, about 2 M. from the shores of the Baltic and 7 W. of See also:Rostock by See also:rail. Pop. 5000. Besides the ruins of a Cistercian See also:abbey founded by Pribislaus, See also:prince of Mecklenburg, in 1173, and secularized in 1552, it possesses an Evangelical See also:Gothic See also:church of the 14th See also:century, one of the finest in See also:north Germany, a grand-ducal See also:palace, a See also:theatre, an See also:exchange and a See also:concert See also:hall. Owing to its delightful situation amid See also:beech forests and to its chalybeate See also:waters, Doberan has become a favourite summer resort. Numerous See also:villa residences have been erected and promenades and groves laid out. In 1793 See also:Duke See also:Frederick See also:Francis caused the first seaside watering-See also:place in Germany to be established on the neighbouring See also:coast, 4 M. distant, at the spot where the Heiligen-Damm, a See also:great See also:bank of rocks about loon ft. broad and 15 ft. high, stretches out into the See also:sea and forms an excellent bathing ground. Though no longer so popular as in the See also:early See also:part of the 19th century, it is still frequented, and is connected with Doberan by a See also:tramway.

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