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STOLP, or STOLPE

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 955 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STOLP, or STOLPE , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Pomerania, on the Stolpe, so m. from the Baltic See also:Sea and 64 m. W. of See also:Danzig on the railway to See also:Stargard, and with branches to Stolpmunde and Neustettin. Pop. (1905), 31,154. The large See also:church of St See also:Mary, with a lofty See also:tower, dating from the 14th See also:century, the See also:Renaissance See also:castle of the 16th century, now used as a See also:prison, and one of the See also:ancient town-See also:gates restored in 1872 are memorials of the See also:time when Stolp was a prosperous member of the Hanseatic See also:League. It has also the church of St See also:John, built in the 13th century, a new town See also:hall, and a statue of See also:Bismarck. The manufacture of machinery, See also:amber articles, See also:tobacco and cigars, and bricks, with some See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:linen-See also:weaving, and See also:salmon-fishing in the Stolpe, are the See also:chief See also:industrial occupations of the inhabitants, who also carry on See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:cattle, See also:spirits, See also:timber, See also:fish and geese. Stolpmunde, a fishing-See also:village and summer resort, at the mouth of the See also:river, is the See also:port of Stolp. Stolp, mentioned in the rrth century, received town rights in 1273. From the 14th to the 16th century it was a member of the Hanseatic League. Until 1637, when it passed to See also:Brandenburg, the town wds generally in the See also:possession of the See also:dukes of Pomerania.

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