Anklam

Anklam, a town of Prussia, in the province of Pomerania, on the navigable Peene, 4 miles from its mouth in the Kleines Haff, and 41 miles SE. of Stralsund by rail. It has long been a place of commercial importance, having been a member of the Hanseatic League from the 14th to the 16th century. It has manufactures of iron, sugar, and soap. During the middle ages, Anklam suffered sorely from fire and pestilence; and in the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries it was again and again besieged and sacked. On the close of the Seven Years' War in 1762, its fortifications were dismantled. There is a military school here. The town contains many interesting specimens of the Hanseatic architecture, very like the Flemish. Pop. (1875) 11,847; (1885) 12,784; (1895) 13,560.