STRALSUND  , a seaport of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania, on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the Strelasund, an See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the Baltic, 12 m. wide, which separates the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• RUGEN

Rugen from the mainland, 135 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N. from See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin and 45 M . N.W. of See also:

• ROSTOCK

Rostock . Pop . (1905), 31,813, of whom more than a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth reside in the Knieper, Tribseeser, Franken and other suburbs on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main-See also:

• LAND

land . A See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam railway See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry connects it with the island railway on Rugen, and so with Sassnitz, whence a See also:

• REGULAR

regular steamboat See also:

• MAIL

mail service affords communication with Trelleborg in See also:

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

Sweden . The situation of the See also:

• TOWN

town proper, on a small triangular islet only connected with the mainland by three moles and See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges at the angles, has always rendered its fortification comparatively easy, and.down to 1873 it was a fortress of the first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . Since that See also:

• YEAR

year the ramparts have been levelled and their site occupied by public promenades and gardens . The defences of the See also:

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

place are now solely confined to the island of Danholm, known down to the 13th See also:

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

century as Strehla or Strehlo, lying in the See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound . The See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture of the houses, many of which See also:

• PRESENT

present their curious and handsome gables to the See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, gives Stralsund an interesting and old-fashioned See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The four See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic churches of St See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas,' St See also:

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

Mary, with a lofty See also:

• STEEPLE (akin to " steep")

steeple, 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 and The See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost, and the See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval 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, dating in its See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• PART

part from 1306 and restored in 1882, are among the more striking buildings . The last houses the provincial antiquarian museum and the municipal library of 70,000 volumes . There is a -fine See also:

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

monument commemorating the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1870-71, one (1859) to the See also:

• LOCAL

local patriot See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand von See also:

• SCHILL, FERDINAND BAPTISTA VON (1776-1809)

Schill, and another (1900) to the poet and patriot E .

M . See also:

• ARNDT, ERNST MORITZ (1769-1860)
• ARNDT, JOHANN (1555-1621)

Arndt . Among the educational establishments of the place must be mentioned the classical school (Gymnasium), founded in 1560, and a school of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation . The manufactures of Stralsund are more See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous than extensive; they include machinery, playing See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• SOAP

soap, cigars, gloves, See also:

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

furniture, See also:

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

paper, oil and See also:

• BEER

beer . The 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 is chiefly confined to the See also:

• SHIP

ship-ping of 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, See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, See also:

• COAL

coal, 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 and See also:

• TIMBER

timber, with some 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 and wocl, and to the import of coal and See also:

• TAR

tar, but of See also:

• LATE

late years it has declined, despite excellent See also:

• WHARF

wharf See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation and a consider-able See also:

• DEPTH

depth of See also:

• WATER

water (12-15 ft.) . Stralsund entertains passenger-See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat communications with See also:

• BARTH
• BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865)
• BARTH, KASPAR VON (1587-1658)

Barth, See also:

• STETTIN

Stettin, Rostock and Liibeck as well as with various small ports on the isle of Rugen . - Stralsund was founded in 1234, and, though several times destroyed, steadily prospered . It was one of the five Wendish towns whose See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance extorted from See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• ERIC

Eric of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway a favourable commercial treaty in 1284-1285; and in the 14th century it was second only to See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck in the Hanseatic See also:

• LEAGUE

League . Although under the sway of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Pomerania, the See also:

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

city was able to maintain a marked degree of See also:

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

independence, which is still apparent in its municipal privileges . Its See also:

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

early See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant sympathies placed it on the side of Sweden during the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' War, and in 1628 it successfully resisted a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of eleven See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks by See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein, who had sworn to take it " though it were chained to See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven." He was forced to retire with the loss of 12,000 men, and a yearly festival in the town still celebrates the occasion . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia Stralsund was ceded with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Western Pomerania to Sweden; and for more than a century and a See also:

• HALF

half it was exposed to attack and See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture as the tote-de-pons of the Swedes in See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . It was taken by See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1807, and in 1815 it passed to See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia .

In 1809 it was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the See also:

• DEATH

death of Ferdinand von Schill, in his gallant though ineffectual See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to rouse his countrymen against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French invaders . See Mohnike and Zober, Stralsundische Chroniken (Stralsund, 1833-1834) ; See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Stadt Stralsund (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1893) ; Baler, Stralsundische Geschichten (Stralsund, 1902); and T . Reishaus, Wallenstein and die Belagerung Sfralsunds (Stralsund, 1887) . ' A remarkable See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of 14th-century frescoes, in perfect See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, were disclosed in 1909 by the removal of the whitewash which had for centuries covered the interior of this fine 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 .