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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 ... Read more
Christian IV
Christian IV 1577-1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588-1648), son and successor of Frederick II. After assuming (1596) personal rule from a regency, he concentrated on building the navy, industry, and commerce. He rebuilt Oslo and renamed it Christiania. Aroused when Charles IX of Sweden asse... Read more
Karl Wilhelm Scheele
Karl Wilhelm Scheele , 1742-86, Swedish chemist, b. Stralsund. He is known as the discoverer of many chemical substances. He was a pharmacist in Stockholm, in Uppsala (1770-75), and then in Köping. He prepared and studied oxygen c.1773, but his account in Chemical Observations and Experiments ... Read more
Pomerania
Pomerania , region of N central Europe, extending along the Baltic Sea from a line W of Stralsund, Germany, to the Vistula River in Poland. From 1919 to 1939, Pomerania was divided among Germany, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). The German part constituted the Prussian province of ... Read more
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... Read more
Charles XII
Charles XII 1682-1718, king of Sweden (1697-1718), son and successor of Charles XI. The regency under which he succeeded was abolished in 1697 at the request of the Riksdag. At the coronation he omitted the usual oath and crowned himself. Charles's youth and inexperience invited the coalition (1699... Read more
Hanseatic League
Hanseatic League , mercantile league of medieval German towns. It was amorphous in character; its origin cannot be dated exactly. Originally a Hansa was a company of merchants trading with foreign lands. After the German push eastward and the settlement of German towns in the Slavic lands of the Bal... Read more
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein , 1583-1634, imperial general in the Thirty Years War , b. Bohemia. He attended the Lutheran academy at Altdorf but at the age of 20 converted to Roman Catholicism. He advanced his fortune by marriage to a wealthy widow, and for his support of Archduke Ferdi... Read more
Gustavus II
Gustavus II (Gustavus Adolphus), 1594-1632, king of Sweden (1611-32), son and successor of Charles IX. Military Achievements Gustavus's excellent education, personal endowments, and early experience in affairs of state prepared him for his crucial role in Sweden and Europe. With the help ... Read more
Thirty Years War
Thirty Years War 1618-48, general European war fought mainly in Germany. General Character of the War There were many territorial, dynastic, and religious issues that figured in the outbreak and conduct of the war. The extent of religious motives is debated, but cannot be dismissed, parti... Read more

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Stralsund
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Stralsund , city (1994 pop. 69,230), Mecklenburg...processing industries. Founded in 1209, Stralsund became (late 13th cent.) a leading...the Hanseatic League . The Treaty of Stralsund (1370) between Denmark and the league...
Pomerania
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...along the Baltic Sea from a line W of Stralsund, Germany, to the Vistula River in Poland...the western part, with Stettin, Stralsund, and the island of Rügen...Pomerania (including Stettin but not Stralsund) to Prussia. In the rest of Swedish...
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...farms. On the Baltic coast are the cities of Rostock, Wismar, and Stralsund, long important as Hanseatic ports, and the island of Rügen. (Rügen and Stralsund were formerly in Pomerania.) The region of Mecklenburg was occupied...
Great Northern War
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...these allies, and Sweden's German possessions, Bremen, Stralsund, and Stettin, fell by 1714. In 1713 Peter managed to occupy...of most of its overseas territories other than Finland and Stralsund, as well as the collapse of Swedish absolutism after 1718...
Christian IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Schleswig, Holstein, and Jutland were overrun and plundered; Stralsund was besieged by the imperial troops under Wallenstein . Christian...with the help of Gustavus II of Sweden, raised the siege of Stralsund, but in 1629 he signed with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand...
Waldemar IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Holstein formed a coalition against him. Defeated, Waldemar was forced to consent (1370) to the humiliating Treaty of Stralsund, which granted freedom of trade in Denmark to the Hanseatic League. He was succeeded by Margaret's son, Olaf, under...
Thirty Years War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...The imperial armies swept through most of Germany. Wallenstein went into Jutland and vanquished the Danes but failed before Stralsund (1628). In 1629, Denmark, by the Treaty of Lübeck, withdrew from the war and surrendered the N German bishoprics...
Gustavus II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to draw closer to the German Protestant princes. In 1628 he promised his aid to Christian IV of Denmark in the defense of Stralsund. In 1629, through the mediation of Cardinal Richelieu of France, he obtained the truce of Altmark with Poland, gaining...
Karl Wilhelm Scheele
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and oxygen and isolated and characterized a variety of organic acids. Karl Wilhelm Scheele was born on Dec. 9, 1742, at Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania. His formal education ended at age 14, when he was apprenticed to a pharmacist in Gothenburg. In this...
Hanseatic League
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and Bergen . The Hansa towns reached their summit in their victories over Waldemar IV of Denmark, gaining in the Treaty of Stralsund (1370) a virtual trade monopoly in Scandinavia. Their Baltic hegemony continued through numerous wars until their defeat...

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Kupfer, Harry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Harry ( b Berlin, 1935). Ger. producer. Ass. at Landesth., Halle (début 1958, Rusalka ). Worked in Stralsund 1958–62 and Chemnitz 1962–6. Opera dir., Weimar Nat. Th. 1966–72 and taught at Liszt...
Brücke, Ernst Wilhelm von (1819-1892)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...historical painter, following his mother's premature death he was raised by his uncle, the superintendent C. Droysen, in Stralsund. He studied medicine in Berlin and Heidelberg in 1838 and became a doctor of medicine in Berlin in 1842. In 1843 he became...
Bode, Johann Elert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...sur la pluralit é des mondes; Vorstellung der Gestirne auf 34 Kupfertafeln nebst Fixstern verzeichnis (Berlin-Stralsund, 1782; 2nd ed., Berlin, 1805); Allgemeine Betrachtungen ü ber das Weltgeb ä ude (Berlin, 1801; 3rd...

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Remarks at a welcoming ceremony in Stralsund, Germany.(Week Ending Friday, July 14, 2006)(Speech)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 7/17/2006; 700+ words ; ...Lord Mayor, ladies and gentlemen, citizens of Stralsund, let me say that I am delighted to be able to welcome...truly call my political home, the Hanseatic City of Stralsund. Stralsund was part of the League of Hanseatic Cities--that...
Rezidor Announces The Radisson Hotel Stralsund In Germany
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 11/20/2008; 451 words ; ...Group announces the Radisson Hotel, Stralsund in Germany - the existing property featuring...with over 10,000 rooms." The city of Stralsund in Northern Germany near the Baltic Sea...Hotel is situated 3 kilometres away from Stralsund's "Altstadt" (Old Town) which became...
GERMANY: CHANCELLOR MERKEL, PRESIDENT BUSH HOLD TALKS IN STRALSUND
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/13/2006; 613 words ; ...President George W. Bush held talks in Stralsund, Germany, just ahead of the G8 summit...prepared statement Merkel welcomed Bush to Stralsund in the name of its citizens and the...signed the Golden Book of the City of Stralsund.
Behnisch Behnisch: oceanographic museum, Stralsund, Germany.(Culture)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 4/1/2005; 648 words ; ...amoeba-shaped volumes is flooded from all sides by people and light, in the manner of water flowing around stones. Set on Stralsund's waterfront, the building's informal, impermeable form is intended to encourage interaction between town and harbour...
AID TO GERMAN SHIPYARD.(Volkswerft Stralsund)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: European Report; 12/7/2006; 640 words ; Regional investment aid to the tune of 4.2 million has been granted to the German shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund. This yard is in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a traditionally agricultural region particularly hit by migration from former east...
The President's news conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in Stralsund.(Week Ending Friday, July 14, 2006)(Speech)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 7/17/2006; 700+ words ; ...Chancellor Merkel. Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be able to welcome the President of the United States here to Stralsund yet again. We had a lengthy conversation just now in the Office of the Mayor. We felt very much at home here in this beautiful...
Wartsila to deliver three Sulzer RT-flex engines to Germany.(company in contract with Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH )(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 2/11/2003; 684 words ; ...supplier Wartsila Corporation said today (11 February) that it had signed a contract with the German shipbuilder Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH for the delivery of three new Sulzer 9RT-flex60C low-speed diesel engines. Wartsila said that the engines were ordered...
LAURA BUSH DELIVERS REMARKS AT OPENING OF AMERICA @ YOUR LIBRARY
News Wire article from: Political Transcript Wire; 7/13/2006; 700+ words ; ...REMARKS AT THE OPENING OF AMERICA @ YOUR LIBRARY, STRALSUND CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, STRALSUND, GERMANY, AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE JULY...I also want to recognize the Lord Mayor of Stralsund. The Mayor is here with me, and his wife...
LAURA BUSH FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH DELIVERS REMARKS AT OPENING OF AMERICA @ YOUR LIBRARY
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 7/13/2006; 700+ words ; ...REMARKS AT THE OPENING OF AMERICA @ YOUR LIBRARY, STRALSUND CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, STRALSUND, GERMANY, AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE JULY...I also want to recognize the Lord Mayor of Stralsund. The Mayor is here with me, and his wife...
This time, Bush may find better vibes in Germany But many citizens aren't thrilled by his visit
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/12/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...scheduled to spend Thursday with Merkel in Stralsund before the president attends a summit...the visit will lure more tourists to Stralsund, a charming but economically depressed...reunification. She keeps close ties to Stralsund, visiting every month. Some view Bush...