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Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania , state (1994 pop. 1,890,000), 9,201 sq mi (23,838 sq km), NE Germany, bordering on the Baltic Sea. Schwerin is the capital. The region embraced by the state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania is a low-lying, fertile agricultural area, with many lakes and forests. Until the end...
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education case decided in 1971 by the U.S. Supreme Court . The Court held that the constitutional mandate (see Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. ) to desegregate public schools did not require all schools in a district to reflect the distr...
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New Ireland
New Ireland volcanic island (1990 pop. 64,615), c.3,340 sq mi (8,650 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago , part of Papua New Guinea. New Ireland is largely mountainous, rising to c.4,000 ft (1,220 m). Much of the island is under cultivation, especially the east coast. Kavieng is the ch...
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Greifswald
Greifswald , city (1994 pop. 63,940), Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, N Germany, near the Baltic Sea. It is a port and rail junction and commercial center. Manufactures include machinery, textiles, and foodstuffs. The city was home to an atomic power station until 1990, when it was found unable to meet ...
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Rostock
Rostock or Rostock-Warnemünde , city (1994 pop. 237,307), Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, NE Germany, on the Baltic Sea. It is an industrial center and a major seaport, with petroleum tank installations and shipyards, as well as fish-processing and shipbuilding industries. Manufactures include ...
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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony Ger. Niedersachsen , state (1994 pop. 7,480,000), 18,295 sq mi (47,384 sq km), NW Germany. Hanover is the capital. The state was formed in 1946 by the merger of the former Prussian province of Hanover with the former states of Brunswick , Oldenburg , and Schaumburg-Lippe . Situat...
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Stralsund
Stralsund , city (1994 pop. 69,230), Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, NE Germany, on the Strelasund (an inlet of the Baltic Sea), opposite Rügen Island. It is an industrial center and seaport, with shipyards and major fishing and fish-processing industries. Founded in 1209, Stralsund became (late ...
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Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina , 1880-1962, queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948), daughter and successor of William III. Her mother, Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont, was regent until 1898. Wilhelmina married (1901) Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1934), who played no active part in the government. The Salic law then h...
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William I
William I 1797-1888, emperor of Germany (1871-88) and king of Prussia (1861-88), second son of the future King Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg. Essentially conservative, William fled to England during the revolutionary uprisings of 1848 in Prussia, and upon his return (18...
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Zollverein
Zollverein [Ger.,=customs union], in German history, a customs union established to eliminate tariff barriers. Friedrich List first popularized the idea of a combination to abolish the customs barriers that were inhibiting trade among the numerous states of the German Confederation . In 1818, Pr...
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