The New International Encyclopædia/Güstrow

GÜSTROW, gụ′strṓ. Capital of the circle of the same name in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, situated on the Nebel, 22 miles south of Rostock (Map: Germany, E 2). Its chief public buildings are the thirteenth-century Cathedral of Saint Cecilia, recently restored; the parish church, dating from the sixteenth century and containing Flemish oil paintings and fine specimens of wood-carving; the old castle, now used as a workhouse; the town hall and the theatre. Chief among the educational institutions of the town is the gymnasium, dating from the sixteenth century. Güstrow produces machines and other iron articles, tobacco, soap, sugar, beer. etc. The trade is mostly in wood, grain, and animals. There is also an annual wool fair. Güstrow was founded in the thirteenth century, and was for a long time the residence of different reigning houses. Population, in 1890, 14,568; in 1900, 16,882.