ROSSWEIN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's, completed in 1588, and the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• ROOD (O.E. rod, a stick, another form of " rod, O.E. rodd, possibly cognate with Lat. rudis, a staff)

Rood, situated on the Freiberger See also:

• MULDE

Mulde, 46 m . S.E. from See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig by begun in 1270 . St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's church contains a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument marking the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo See also:

• GROTIUS, HUGO (1583-1645)

Grotius, who died in See also:

• ROSTOCK

Rostock in 1645, though his remains were afterwards removed to See also:

• DELFT

Delft . Among other interesting buildings are the curious 14th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic 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, the See also:

• FACADE

facade of which is concealed by a See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance addition; the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg-See also:

• SCHWERIN
• SCHWERIN, KURT CHRISTOPH, COUNT VON (1684–1757)

Schwerin, built in 1702; the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law courts, built in 1878-79; the university buildings, erected in 1867-70; and an See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly hall of the estates of Mecklenburg (Standehaus), a handsome Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building erected in 1889-93 . The university of Rostock was founded in 1418 by See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

Dukes Johann III. and Albrecht V. of Mecklenburg . From 1437 till 1443 it had its seat at Greifswald in consequence of commotions at Rostock; and in 176o it was again removed, on this occasion to Butzow . The professors appointed by the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, however, still taught at Rostock, so that there were practically two See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities in the duchy until 1789, when they were reunited at the original seat . Rostock is the seat of the supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court for both the duchies of Mecklenburg, and is well equipped with See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, hospitals, and other institutions . Although the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce and See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of Rostock have declined since Hanse days, it has a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, being the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief commercial town of Mecklenburg and owning a considerable See also:

• FLEET

fleet . Vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing 16 ft. of See also:

• WATER

water are able to get up to the wharves . By far the most important export is See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, which goes almost entirely to See also:

• BRITISH

British ports; but See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• FLAX

flax and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle are also shipped . The chief imports are See also:

• COAL

coal from See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, See also:

• HERRINGS, BATTLE OF THE

herrings from See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum from See also:

• AMERICA

America, See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and colonial goods .

Rostock has an important See also:

• FAIR

fair at Whitsuntide, lasting for fourteen days, and also a frequented wool and cattle See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries of the town are varied . One of the chief is See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding . Machinery, chemicals, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, musical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• STRAW

straw hats, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, carpets, See also:

• SOAP

soap, playing See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards, See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate and dye-stuffs are among the manufactures . The town also contains distilleries, saw-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, oil-mills, tanneries, breweries and See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical See also:

• WORKS

works . See also:

• LOCAL

Local historians assert that a See also:

• VILLAGE

village existed on the site of Rostock as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as A.D . 329, but no certain proofs have been traced of any earlier community than that founded here in the 12th century, which is said to have received municipal rights in 1218 . The earliest signs of commercial prosperity date from about 1260 . For a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Rostock was under the dominion of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark . Soon after returning under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of Mecklenburg in the 14th century it joined the Hanseatic See also:

• LEAGUE

League; and was one of the original members of the powerful Wendish Hansa, in which it exercised an See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence second only to that of See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck . The most prosperous See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch of its commercial See also:

• HISTORY

history began in the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 15th century, precisely at the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period when its See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power began to wane . Rostock, however, never entirely lost the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence which it enjoyed as a Hanse town; and in 1788, as the result of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long contentions with the rulers of Mecklenburg, it secured for itself a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar and liberal municipal constitution, administered by three burgomasters and three See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers .

In 188o this constitution was somewhat modified, and the city became less like a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state within a state . It has belonged to Mecklenburg-Schwerin since 1695; in 1712 it was taken by the Swedes, in 1715 by 'the Danes and in 1716 by the Russians . The badge of Rostock is the figure 7; and a local See also:

• RHYME

rhyme ex-plains that there are 7 doors to St Mary's church, 7 streets from the market-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, 7 See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates on the landward See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side and 7 wharves on the seaward side of the town, 7 turrets on the town-hall, which has 7 bells, and 7 See also:

• LINDEN

linden trees in the See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park . the railway via See also:

• DOBELN

Dobeln to See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden . Pop . (1905) 9297 . It is famous for its technical schools, among which are one for builders, another for See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture-makers, and a third for See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-mongers . The industries are considerable, and include woollen and See also:

• CLOTH

cloth manufactures, See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, and the making of agricultural machinery, cigars, chemicals, bricks and iron goods . Rosswein is an old town, cloth-making being a flourishing See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry here in the 14th century . See C . V .