- published: 31 May 2014
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Schwerin (German pronunciation: [ʃvɛˈʁiːn] or [ʃvəˈʁiːn]) is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.
It should not be confused with the former Schwerin an der Warthe at 52°30'N-15°20'E, now known as Skwierzyna in Poland.
Schwerin is surrounded by many picturesque lakes. The largest of these lakes, the Schweriner See, has an area of 60 km². In the midst of these lakes there was a settlement of the slavic Obotrite (dated back to the 11th century). The area was called Zuarin (Zwierzyn), and the name Schwerin is derived from that designation. In 1160, Henry the Lion defeated the Obotrites and captured Schwerin. The town was subsequently expanded into a powerful regional centre. A castle was built, and expanded upon over the centuries, on this site. It is supposedly haunted by the small, impious ghost, called Petermännchen.
In 1358, Schwerin became a part of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, making it the seat of the dukedom from then on. About 1500, the construction of the Schwerin castle began; it was here that the dukes resided. After the division of Mecklenburg (1621), Schwerin became the capital of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Between 1765 and 1837, the town of Ludwigslust served as the capital, until Schwerin was reinstated.
Actors: Agnès Soral (actress), Jeanne Moreau (actress), John Rhys-Davies (actor), Veronica Ferres (actress), Christoph Waltz (actor), Ian Richardson (actor), Omar Sharif (actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Mel Ferrer (actor), Hannes Jaenicke (actor), Horst Frank (actor), Paul McGann (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Tim McInnerny (actor), Catherine Zeta-Jones (actress),
Plot: In this romanticized biography, a small German principality's inexperienced princess, Catherine, becomes the bride of czarevitch Peter, the mad and abusive nephew and heir of the Russian czarina Elizabeth. From Elizabeth she learns the cynical ropes of wielding absolute imperial power at any cost, including sacrificing her lover, young guards officer Saltykov, who must give her an heir that Peter can't and is then sent abroad. After Elizabeth's death, she quickly moves to seize power with military and court support. She then works to enlarge and modernize the empire, again putting statesmanship ahead of her lover, a military genius who defeats the Ottomans and governs the conquered territories for her.
Keywords: 18th-century, ambition, amputation, aristocracy, arranged-marriage, banishment, bare-breasts, bare-butt, bath, bathed-by-servantActors: Alexander Murski (actor), Theodor Loos (actor), Hans Brausewetter (actor), Friedrich Kühne (actor), Paul Biensfeldt (actor), Theo Lingen (actor), Carl Goetz (actor), Heinrich Gretler (actor), Ernst Dernburg (actor), Friedrich Kayßler (actor), Attila Hörbiger (actor), Walter Janssen (actor), Georg John (actor), Otto Gebühr (actor), Werner Schott (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,