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GUSTROW , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Schwerin, on the Nebel and the railway from See also:Lubeck to See also:Stettin, 20 M. S. Of See also:Rostock. Pop. (1875), 10,923; (1905) 17,163.. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:castle, erected in the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century and now used See also:asia workhouse;the See also:cathedral, dating from the 13th century and restored in 1868, containing many See also:fine monuments and possessing a square See also:tower See also:loo ft. high; the Pfarrkirche, with fine See also:altar-paintings; 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 (Rathaus), dating from the 16th century; the See also:music hall, and the See also:theatre. Among the educational establishments are the ducal gymnasium, which possesses a library of 15,000 volumes, a See also:modern and a commercial school. The town is one of the most prosperous in the duchy, and has See also:machine See also:works, foundries, tanneries, sawmills, breweries, distilleries, and manufactories of See also:tobacco, See also:glue, candles and See also:soap. There is also a considerable See also:trade in See also:wool, See also:corn, See also:wood, See also:butter and See also:cattle, and an See also:annual cattle show and See also:horse races are held.
Gustrow, See also:capital of the Mecklenburg duchy of that name, or of the Wend See also:district, was a See also:place of some importance as See also:early as the 12th century, and in 1219 it became the See also:residence of 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 Borwin II., See also:prince of Mecklenburg, from whom it received Schwerin privileges. From 1316 to 1436 the town was the residence of the princes of the See also:Wends, and from 1556 to 1695 of the See also:dukes of Mecklenburg-Gustrow. In 1628 it was occupied by the imperial troops, and See also:Wallenstein resided in it during See also:part of the years 1628 and 1629.
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