Mechanicsville
a town in Saratoga co., N. Y., 19 miles N. of Albany, on Hudson river, and Boston and Maine railroad.
Has manufactures of sashes, blinds, paper boxes, fiber, knitted goods, shirts, mattresses, and metal goods. The public buildings are handsome. Commission form of city government. Pop. (1910) 6,634; (1920) 8,166.
MECHLIN. See MALINES.
MECKLENBURG (mek'len-bör'G), a territory of northern Germany, bounded on the N. by the Baltic, on the E. and S. by the Prussian dominions, and on the W. by Hanover, Denmark, and Lübeck; area, 6,266 square miles. It is divided into:
MECKLENBURG towns and ports of consequence are Schwerin, Rostock, Wismar, and Ludwigslust. Schwerin is the political capital, but Ludwigslust was the usual summer residence of the former grand-duke. At Rostock is one of the oldest of the German universities (founded in 1419).
The former grand-duchy became a republic in November, 1918. MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ (strā'lits), former GRAND-DUCHY OF, a state of northern Germany, consisting of two separate territorial divisions: the first and largest, the former duchy of Starburg-Schwerin, and surrounded on all gard, bounded on the W. by Mecklenother sides by the Prussian territories; the second, the former principality of Ratzeburg; united area, 1,131 square miles; pop. about 105,000. The general features of the country are the same as those described in the above article. Its mean elevation is, however, somewhat less than that of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, rises to 640 feet above the sea. The chief though the Helpterburg, near Woldeyk, river in Stargard is the Havel, and in Ratzeburg the Stepnitz. The land was divided among the sovereign, the nobility, and the towns, in the proportion of about seven-tenths to the first, two-tenths to the nobles, and one-tenth to the munici palities. Nearly one-fourth of the former grand-ducal property consisted of forest lands. Agriculture and cattle breeding are the chief branches of industry here, as in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The manufactures are even more insignificant than in the latter grand-duchy. The government was a feudal monarchy, as in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Justice was administered in eight courts of primary jurisdiction, the superior court of Ratzeburg, and the court of chancery in New burg, chancery in New
MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN (-shvā-rēn'), former GRAND-DUCHY OF; a state of northern Germany bounded on the N. by the Baltic, on the E. by Pomerania and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on the S. by the province of Brandenburg, and on the W. by Lüneburg and Lauenburg, and part of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; area 5,135 square miles; pop. about 650,000. The surface is undulating and the soil generally fertile. The climate is mild and healthful. The principal rivers are the Rechnitz, dals, who were expelled by the Obotrites Strelitz, from which appeal lay to the supreme tribunal at Parchim. Neu- Strelitz was the capital and residence of the former grand-duke. The other chief towns are Neu - Brandenburg, Friedland, and Old Strelitz. In 1872 the army was incorporated with that of Prussia. Mecklenburg-Strelitz was originally peopled by the Heruli and the Vanin 782. Charlemagne failed in his atbut in 1159 Henry the Lion subdued its chief, Niclot, and seized his territories.
The two lines of Mecklenburg and Werle were founded by John the Theologian, and Niclot, on the death of their father, Henry Burwin II., in 1236. The latter became extinct in 1436. The entire duchy was conferred on Wallenstein by the emperor Ferdinand II., Mar. 4, 1628; but in 1631 it was again restored to Adolphus Warnow, Stepnitz, the Elbe, a tributary of the Elbe, and others. Products, tempts to reduce this tribe to subjection; wheat, corn, hemp, flax, tobacco, etc.
Manufactures, woolen and linen fabrics, cotton, paper, and glass; Mecklenburg- Schwerin is famous also for its distillation of corn-spirits, and has an extensive trade in farm produce. With the exception of between 3,000 and 4,000 Jews, the inhabitants are nearly all Lutherans. In 1872 the army was incorporated with that of Prussia. The only commercial MECKLENBURG Frederick and John Albert, then existing representatives of the lines of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Güs- NVALOR ED STATES.OF.
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