a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, on Lake Miinde, 43 m. from Berlin by the BerlinStettin railway, and at the junction of lines to Prenzlau, Freienwalde and Schwedt. Pop. (1900) 7465. It has three Protestant churches, a grammar school and court of law. Its industries embrace iron founding and enamel working. In 1420 the elector Frederick I. of Brandenburg gained here a signal victory over the Pomeranian s.