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See also:PRENZLAU, or PRENZLOW , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg. It lies on the See also:lower Ucker See, 30 M. .W. by S. of See also:Stettin by See also:rail. Pop. (1905), 20,929. The See also:Gothic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary (Evangelical), dating from 1340, is one of the finest churches in the See also:district, and the remains of the town See also:gates, walls and towers are also interesting. The See also:industries include See also:wool-See also:spinning, See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:brewing and See also:sugar-refining. See also:Tobacco is grown in the neighbourhood, and cigars are manufactured in the town.
Prenzlau is first mentioned in a document of the See also:close of the 12th See also:century, and received its municipal See also:charter in 1235. As the See also:capital of the old Uckermark it was a frequent See also:object of dispute between See also:Pomerania and Brandenburg until incorporated with the latter about 1480. At Prenzlau See also:Prince See also:Hohenlohe, with his See also:corps of 12,000 men, surrendered to See also:Murat on the See also:retreat after the See also:battle of See also:Jena in See also:October 1806.
See I. Ziegler, Prenzlau, See also:die ehemalige Hauptstadt der Uckermark
(Prenzlau, 1886).
End of Article: PRENZLAU, or PRENZLOW
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