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RATHENOW , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg, on the See also:Havel, 45 M. N.W. of See also:Berlin on the See also:main railway to See also:Hanover. Pop. (1905) 23,095, including the See also:garrison. The See also:Protestant 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 and St See also:Andrew, originally a See also:basilica, and transformed to the See also:Gothic See also:style in 1517-1589, and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:George, are noteworthy. Rathenow is known for its "Rathenow stones," bricks made of the See also:clay of the Havel, and for its See also:spectacles and See also:optical See also:instruments, which are exported.
Rathenow received its See also:incorporation as a town in 1295. In 1394 it was taken and partly destroyed by the See also:archbishop of See also:Magdeburg. It suffered much from the ravages of the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, being occupied in turn by the See also:Saxons and the Swedes, from whom in 1675 it was taken by the Brandenburgers, when most of the garrison were put to the See also:sword.
See Wagener, Denkwitrdigkeiten der Stadt Rathenow (Berlin, ' 903).
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