BRANDENBURG

capital of the province of same name (which see), on the Havel, 35 miles w. Berlin, formerly the residence of the reigning family of Pru ia. It is divided by the Havel into an and a new town, both walled, the former having narrow and crooked streets, the latter wide and straight. has a castle, a cathedral church, a gymnasium, Its manufactures are woollens, linens, spirits, beer, leather, It contained, in 1871, 25,828 inhabitants.