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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 809 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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USEDOM , an See also:

island of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Pomerania, lying off the Baltic See also:coast, and separated by the See also:Swine from the island of See also:Wollin, which together with it divides the Stettiner Haff from the open See also:sea. It is 31 in. in length. T3 broad and 16o sq. m. in See also:area. The See also:surface is generally See also:flat (only a few See also:sand-hills rising to any height) and is diversified by See also:moor, fen, lakes and See also:forest. See also:Agriculture, See also:cattle-rearing, fishing and other maritime pursuits are the See also:chief occupations of the inhabitants. See also:Swinemunde and Usedom (pop. 1700) are the chief towns, and See also:Heringsdorf, Ahlbeck and Zinnowitz are frequented watering-places. Pop. (1900) 33,000. See Gadebusch, Chronik der Insel Usedom (See also:Anklam, 1863), and C. See also:Muller, See also:Die Seebdder der Inseln Usedom and Wollin (6th ed., See also:Berlin, 1896).

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