PYRITZ, a town of Prussia, in the province of Pomerania and government of Stettin, in a fertile plain 24 miles S.E. of Stettin. It is surrounded by walls, with five lofty towers, now the only remains of its ancient fortifications, and entered by three gates decorated with antique ornaments. There are here a town-hall, churches, schools, and hospitals, as well as manufactures of leather and cloth. Not far off is a fountain where the earliest converts to Christianity in Pomerania, 7000 in number, were baptized by Otto of Bamberg in 1124. A monument was erected here in 1824 to commemorate the event. Pop. 5807.