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SCHWERIN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, the See also:capital of the See also:grand duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-Schwerin, prettily situated at the S.W. corner of the See also:lake of Schwerin (14 M. See also:long and 3z M. broad), 129 M. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Berlin, and 20 M. S. of the Baltic. Pop. (1905) 41,638. The town is closely surrounded and hemmed in by a number of lakelets, with high and well-wooded See also:banks, and the hilly environs are occupied by meadows, See also:woods and See also:pretty villas. The old and new towns of Schwerin were only See also:united as one See also:city in 1832; and since that date the suburb of St See also:Paul and another See also:outer suburb, known as the Vorstadt, have grown up. Though Schwerin is the See also:oldest town in Mecklenburg, its aspect is comparatively See also:modern, a fact due to destructive fires, which have swept away most of the See also:ancient houses. The most conspicuous of the many See also:fine buildings is the ducal See also:palace, a huge irregularly pentagonal structure with numerous towers, built in 1844-1857 in the See also:French See also:Renaissance See also:style. It stands on a small See also:round See also:island between See also:Castle Lake and the lake of Schwerin, formerly the site of a Wendish fortress and of a later See also:medieval castle, portions of which have been skilfully incorporated with the See also:present See also:building. The older and much simpler palace; the See also:opera See also:house, rebuilt after a See also:fire in 1882; the See also:government buildings, erected in 1825-1834 and restored in 1865 after a fire; and the museum, in the See also:Greek style, finished in 1882, comprising a fine collection of paintings of the 17th See also:century Dutch school; all stand in the " old See also:garden," an open space at the end of the See also:bridge leading to the new palace. Among the other See also:secular buildings are the palace of the See also:heir-apparent, built in 1779 and restored in 1878, the large See also:arsenal, the ducal See also:mews, the ducal library containing x8o,000 volumes, the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the See also:artillery See also:barracks and the military See also:hospital. The See also:cathedral was originally consecrated in 1248, though the present building—a See also:brick structure in the Baltic See also:Gothic style, with an unfinished See also:tower—See also:dates for the most See also:part from the 15th century. Among other religious edifices are St Paul's 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:Roman See also:Catholic church and a See also:synagogue. Schwerin is See also:rich in educational institutions, which include a classical school, a veterinary See also:college and a technical school. Since 1837 Schwerin has been once more the See also:residence of the grand See also:duke, and the seat of government, a factwhich has had considerable See also:influence on the See also:character of the town and the See also:tone of its society. The See also:chief See also:industry is the making of See also:furniture, and there are also some manufactures of dyes and See also:soap.
Schwerin is mentioned as a Wendish stronghold in ioi8, its name (Zwarin or Swarin) being a See also:Slavonic word See also:equivalent to " See also:game-preserve." The Obotrite See also:prince Niclot, whose statue is placed above the portal of the palace as the ancestor of the present reigning See also:family, had his residence here. The town, found in 1161 by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry the See also:Lion in opposition to this See also:pagan fortress, received civic rights in 1166. From 1170 to 1624 it gave name to a bishopric; and it was also the capital of the duchy of Schwerin, which forms the western part of the grand-duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Destructive fires, the hardships of the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, and the removal of the See also:court to See also:Ludwigslust in 1756 seriously depressed the town. It owes its revival and many of its chief buildings to the grand-duke Paul See also:Frederick, to whom a statue by See also:Rauch was erected in 1859.
See Fromm, Chronik der See also:Haupt- and Residenzstadt Schwerin
(Schwerin, 1863, revised and continued by G. Quade, 1892); G. Quade, Vaterlandskunde (See also:Wismar, 1894) ; and Worl, Fuhrer durch Schwerin (1905).
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