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PASEWALK , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the Prussian province of See also: Pomerania, on the Ucker, 26 m
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N.W. from See also: Stettin by the railway to Strassburg
.
Pop
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(1905), 10,519
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Pasewalk became a town during the 12th century and was soon a member of the Hanseatic See also: League
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In 1359 it passed to the duke of Pomerania
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Frequently ravaged during the See also: wars which devastated thedistrict, it was plundered several times by the imperialists during the See also: Thirty Years' War; in 1657 it was burnt by the Poles and in x713 by the Russians
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By the See also: peace of Westphalia in 1648 it was given to Sweden, but in 1676 it was conquered by See also: Brandenburg, and in 1720, by the peace of See also: Stockholm, it was definitely assigned to Brandenburg-Prussia
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See Huckstadt, Geschichte der Stadt Pasewalk (Pasewalk, x883)
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