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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).