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ROSTOCK , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Schwerin, one of the most important commercial cities on the Baltic. It is situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:estuary of the Warnow, 8 m. from the See also:port of Warnemunde on the Baltic. 177 M. N.W. of See also:Berlin by See also:rail, 8o m. N.E. of See also:Lubeck, and 106 m. S. of See also:Copenhagen. Pop. (1905) 60,790. It consists of three parts—the old town to the See also:east, and the See also:middle and new towns to the See also:west—of which the first retains some of the See also:antique features of a Hanse town, while the last two are for the most See also:part regularly and handsomely built. There are also several suburbs. The town has four See also:gates, one of them dating from the 14th See also:century, and some See also:fine squares, among them the See also:Blucher Platz, with a statue of Blucher, who was See also:born here, and the Neue Markt. Rostock was a fortress of some strength, but the old fortifications have been razed, and their site is occupied by promenades.

Rostock has five old churches: St See also:

Mary's, dating from 1398 to 1472, one of the most imposing See also:Gothic buildings in Mecklenburg, with two Romanesque towers and containing a magnificent See also:bronze See also:font and a curious See also:clock; St See also:Nicholas's, begun about 1250 and restored in 1450, and again in 189o—94; St See also:Peter's, with a lofty See also:tower over 400 ft. high, built in 1400, which serves as a landmark to See also:ships at See also:sea; See See also:Reinhold, Chronik der Stadt Rostock (Rostock, 1836) ; Krabbe, See also:Die Universitat Rostock See also:im 15 and 16 Jahrhundert (2 vols., Rostock, 1854), Koppmann, Geschichte der Stadt Rostock (Rostock, 1887); Volckmann, Rarer durch Rostock (3rd ed., 1896) ; the Geschichtsquellen der Stadt Rostock (Rostock, 1885) ; and the Beitrage zur Geschichte der Stadt Rostock (Rostock, 1890).

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