Angermünde is a town of Germany, in the state of Brandenburg, on Lake Münde , 43 miles from Berlin by the Berlin-Szczecin railway, and at the junction of lines to Prenzlau, Freienwalde and Schwedt. Pop. (1900) 7465. As of 1911, it has three Protestant churches, a grammar school and court of law, and its industries embrace iron founding and enamel working. In 1420 the elector Frederick I of Brandenburg gained here a signal victory over the Pomeranians.
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