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NETZE , a See also:

river of See also:Germany, having a small portion of its upper course in See also:Poland. It is a right-See also:bank tributary of the See also:Warthe, and rises in the See also:law-lying See also:lake See also:district, through which the Russo-See also:German frontier runs, to the See also:south of See also:Inowrazlaw. The frontier crosses Lake Goplo, which is not far from the source of the Netze, which on leaving it (in Prussian territory), flows See also:north-See also:west to the Trlonger lake, and continues thereafter in the same See also:general direction, but with wide fluctuations, to Nakel. Here it joins the See also:Bromberg See also:canal, which gives See also:access to the river See also:Brahe and so to the See also:Vistula. The Netze then turns west-south-west and See also:waters the moorland (much of which, however, has been brought under cultivation) known as the Netzebruch. It joins the Warthe at Zantoch, after a course of 273 M. It is navigable for 130 M. Up to the Bromberg canal and thereafter for smaller boats for 40 M. Up to Pakosch on the Trlonger lake. Its drainage See also:area is 5400 sq. m. From 1772 to 1807 that See also:part of Poland which was given to See also:Prussia at the first See also:partition was known as the Netze District, as it extended along the Netze. It was almost all given back to See also:Russia at the See also:peace of See also:Tilsit, but was restored to Prussia in 1815 under the treaty of See also:Vienna.

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BRANDENBURG, a See also:town of Germany, in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Strelitz, is situated on a small lake called the Tollense See, 58 m. N.W. of See also:Stettin by See also:rail. Pop. (1905) 11,443. It is still partly surrounded with walls, and possesses four interesting old See also:Gothic See also:gates, dating from about 1300. The See also:principal buildings are the Marienkirche, a Gothic See also:building of the 13th See also:century, the Johanniskirche, the town-See also:hall and the grand ducal See also:palace. It possesses a See also:bronze statue of Fritz See also:Reuter (1893); a See also:monument to See also:Bismarck (1895); another commemorating the See also:war of 1870-71 (1895); a small museum of antiquities; and an See also:art collection. On the other See also:side of the lake is the grand-ducal palace, See also:Belvedere. See also:Iron-See also:founding, See also:machine-making, See also:wool-See also:spinning and the making of See also:paper, See also:tobacco and musical See also:instruments are carried on here, and the See also:trade in wool and agricultural products is considerable. The See also:horse See also:fair is also important. Neu-Brandenburg was founded in 1248, and has belonged to Mecklenburg since 1292. See See also:Boll, Chronik der Vorderstadt Neubrandenburg (1875).

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