FEHRBELLIN

fehrbellin, a town of germany, in the kingdom of prussia, on the rhine, 40 m. n.w. from berlin on the railway to neu-ruppin. pop. (1905) 1602. it has a protestant and a roman catholic church and some small industries, among them that of wooden shoes. fehrbellin is memorable in history as the scene of the famous victory gained, on the 18th of june 1675, by the great elector, frederick william of prussia, over the swedes under field-marshal wrangel. a monument was erected in 1879 on the field of battle, near the village of hakenberg, to commemorate this great feat of arms. see a. von witzleben and p. hassel, _zum 200-jahrigen gedenktag von fehrbellin_ (berlin, 1875); g. sello, "fehrbellin," in _deutsche zeitschrift fur geschichtswissenschaften_, vii.; m. jahns, "der grosse kurfurst bei fehrbellin, &c.," in _hohenzollern jahrbuch_, i.