RUPPIN  , or Neuruppin, a

town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, lies on the W. bank of a small lake, the Ruppiner See, 37 M . N.W. of Berlin by rail . Pop . (1905) 18,555• The town, which was rebuilt in fine, regular fashion after a destructive fire in 1787, contains three Protestant churches, a Roman Catholic church and various educational and benevolent institutions . Its inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of cloth, starch and machinery, in iron-founding and lithography . Important cattle and horse fairs are held here . • Ruppin received municipal rights in 1256 . The small town of Altruppin, lying at the north end of the lake, has a 15th-century church and some small manufactures . Pop . (1905) 1813 . See Heydemann, Neuere Geschichte der Stadt Neuruppin (Neuruppin, 1863) ; and G . Bittkau, Altere Geschichte der Stadt Neuruppin (Neuruppin, 1887) .