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SCHWEDT , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Oder, 13 M. N.E. from See also:Angermunde by See also:rail. Pop. (1905) 9530. It is a pleasant, well-built town, with broad streets and shady avenues. There are three Evangelical churches, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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, a See also:palace, built in 1580, and a gymnasium. The royal See also:riding school was removed hence to See also:Hanover in 1867. The See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:tobacco, cigars, machinery, See also:vinegar, soapand bricks, and there is a considerable See also:trade by See also:water in agricultural produce.
Schwedt is mentioned in See also:chronicles as See also:early as 1138, and became a town in 1265. Towards the end of the 15th See also:century it passed to Brandenburg, and, in 1684, after a See also:great conflagration which laid it in ruins, was handsomely rebuilt by the electress Dorothea. The lordship of Schwedt was in the See also:possession of the See also:counts of See also:Hohenstein from 1481 to 1609, when it passed to Brandenburg. In 1689 it was given to See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, a younger son of the elector of Brandenburg, See also:Frederick William, and he and his successors called themselves See also:margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. When this See also:line became See also:extinct in 1784 the lordship reverted to See also:Prussia, being claimed both by the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king as See also:personal See also:property and by the See also:state. The See also:matter was not settled until 1872, when it was assigned to the state.
See See also:Thoma,' Geschichte der Stadt and Herrschaft Schwedt (See also:Berlin, 1873).
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