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STARGARD , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Pomerania, situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the navigable Ihna, 20 M. E. of See also:Stettin on the railway to See also:Danzig and at the junction of lines to See also:Posen, See also:Schneidemuhl and See also:Custrin. Pop. (19o5), 26,908. Formerly a member of the Hanseatic See also:League, the town retains memorials of its See also:early importance in the large 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, built in the 14th See also:century, the 16th-century 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, and some gateways and towers dating from the 14th century. The walls which formerly surrounded it have been mostly converted into promenades. Extensive new See also:law-courts and three large See also:barracks are among the See also:modern buildings. Stargard has a considerable See also:market for See also:cattle and horses, and carries on See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:spirits and raw produce. Its manufactures include cigars, See also:tobacco, See also:wadding and stockings; and there are also See also:iron-foundries, and See also:linen and woollen factories in the town.
Stargard, mentioned as having been destroyed by the Poles in 1120, received civic rights in 1229, and became the See also:capital of eastern Pomerania. As a Hanseatic town it enjoyed consider-able commercial prosperity, but it had also to undergo See also:siege and See also:capture in the See also:middle ages and during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War. In 18x7 it was taken by See also:Schill. The name Stargard (from the See also:Slavonic Starogad or Starigrod, meaning " old town ") is See also:common to several other towns in the See also:north of Germany, of which the See also:chief are Preussisch-Stargard, near Danzig, and Stargard an der Linde in See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Strelitz.
See Zuck, Fiihrer durch Stargard (Stargard, 1900).
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