GUSTROW  , a

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