NETZE  , a

river of Germany, having a small portion of its upper course in Poland . It is a right-bank tributary of the Warthe, and rises in the law-lying lake district, through which the Russo-German frontier runs, to the south of Inowrazlaw . The frontier crosses Lake Goplo, which is not far from the source of the Netze, which on leaving it (in Prussian territory), flows north-west to the Trlonger lake, and continues thereafter in the same general direction, but with wide fluctuations, to Nakel . Here it joins the Bromberg canal, which gives access to the river Brahe and so to the Vistula . The Netze then turns west-south-west and waters the moorland (much of which, however, has been brought under cultivation) known as the Netzebruch . It joins the Warthe at Zantoch, after a course of 273 M . It is navigable for 130 M . Up to the Bromberg canal and thereafter for smaller boats for 40 M . Up to Pakosch on the Trlonger lake . Its drainage area is 5400 sq. m . From 1772 to 1807 that part of Poland which was given to Prussia at the first partition was known as the Netze District, as it extended along the Netze . It was almost all given back to Russia at the peace of Tilsit, but was restored to Prussia in 1815 under the treaty of Vienna .

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BRANDENBURG, a town of Germany, in the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, is situated on a small lake called the Tollense See, 58 m . N.W. of Stettin by rail . Pop . (1905) 11,443 . It is still partly surrounded with walls, and possesses four interesting old Gothic gates, dating from about 1300 . The principal buildings are the Marienkirche, a Gothic building of the 13th century, the Johanniskirche, the town-hall and the grand ducal palace . It possesses a bronze statue of Fritz Reuter (1893); a monument to Bismarck (1895); another commemorating the war of 1870-71 (1895); a small museum of antiquities; and an art collection . On the other side of the lake is the grand-ducal palace, Belvedere . Iron-founding, machine-making, wool-spinning and the making of paper, tobacco and musical instruments are carried on here, and the trade in wool and agricultural products is considerable . The horse fair is also important . Neu-Brandenburg was founded in 1248, and has belonged to Mecklenburg since 1292 . See Boll, Chronik der Vorderstadt Neubrandenburg (1875) .