or Prenzlau, a town of Prussia, in the province of Brandenburg, on the Ucker, at the foot of the lake of the same name, from which it issues, 57 miles N.N.E. of Berlin. Of its seven churches, the most important is that of St Mary, a Gothic building with two towers, containing a fine altar-piece by Rode. There is also here a gymnasium, several hospitals, and mineral baths. Woolen, linen, and cotton fabrics; straw-hats, leather, tobacco, &c., are manufactured here; and an active trade is carried on in corn. In 1806, 20,000 Prussians, under the Prince of Hohenlohe, surrendered to the French at Prenzlow. The celebrated landscape-painter Philip Hackert was born here. Pop. 12,973.