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PYRITZ , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Pomerania, 16 m . S.W. of See also:Stargard by the railway to Ciistrin . Pop . (1905), 8600 . It is still surrounded by walls with towers, and has two Evangelical churches . There are small manufactures of machinery, bricks and See also:sugar . Excellent See also:wheat is grown in the vicinity, while another See also:industry is the breeding of See also:cattle . Near the town is a See also:fountain, erected to See also:mark the See also:spring in which See also:Otto, See also:bishop of See also:Bamberg, baptized the first Pomeranian converts to See also:Christianity in 1124 . Pyritz became a town in 1150 . |
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