Schwedt, a town of Prussia, in the province of Brandenburg, on the Oder, 28 miles SSW. of Stettin, with wood-sawing, lime-burning, and tobacco industries. It was the residence of the margraves of Brandenburg from 1689 to 1788, and was entirely rebuilt after a fire in 1684. Pop. 9756.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 228
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