a town of Prussia, in the province of Brandenburg and circle of Potsdam, on the left bank of the Oder, 28 miles S.S.W. of Stettin. Its houses are in general well built, and its broad streets are partly lined with chestnut-trees. Here is a palace, with a garden, a riding-house, and a theatre attached to it. This was formerly the residence of the Counts of Brandenburg-Schwedt, a branch of the Brandenburg family that became extinct in 1759. Woollen and linen cloth, tobacco, and starch are made here. Many of the inhabitants are of French origin; for many emigrants settled here after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Pop. 7386.