Schwerin, capital of the grand-duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; has a pretty site on Lake of Schwerin (14 m. by 3), 47 m. SE. of Lübeck; has a 14th-century cathedral, Renaissance castle, arsenal, &c., and manufactures of lacquered ware, machinery, &c.
Population (circa 1900) given as 34,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Schwenckfeld, Caspar von * Schwyz