STOLP, or STOLPE  , a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Pomerania, on the Stolpe, so m. from the Baltic Sea and 64 m . W. of Danzig on the railway to Stargard, and with branches to Stolpmunde and Neustettin . Pop . (1905), 31,154 . The large church of St Mary, with a lofty tower, dating from the 14th century, the Renaissance castle of the 16th century, now used as a prison, and one of the ancient town-gates restored in 1872 are memorials of the time when Stolp was a prosperous member of the Hanseatic League . It has also the church of St John, built in the 13th century, a new town hall, and a statue of Bismarck . The manufacture of machinery, amber articles, tobacco and cigars, and bricks, with some iron-founding, linen-weaving, and salmon-fishing in the Stolpe, are the chief industrial occupations of the inhabitants, who also carry on trade in grain, cattle, spirits, timber, fish and geese . Stolpmunde, a fishing-village and summer resort, at the mouth of the river, is the port of Stolp . Stolp, mentioned in the rrth century, received town rights in 1273 . From the 14th to the 16th century it was a member of the Hanseatic League . Until 1637, when it passed to Brandenburg, the town wds generally in the possession of the dukes of Pomerania .