Stralsund was granted city rights in 1234 and is thus the oldest city in Pomerania.
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13 Facts About Stralsund
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Stralsund is the seat of the German Oceanographic Museum with its satellites Ozeaneum, Nautineum, and Natureum .
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Main industries of Stralsund are shipbuilding, fishing, mechanical engineering, and, to an increasing degree, tourism, life sciences, services and high tech industries, especially information technology and biotechnology.
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City of Stralsund is located in northeastern Germany in the region of Western Pomerania in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Stralsund is located close to the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.
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Schadegard, a nearby twin city to Stralsund founded by Wizlaw I, though not granted German law, served as the principal stronghold and enclosed a fort.
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Stralsund remained under Swedish control until the Battle of Stralsund, when Napoleon Bonaparte's army occupied it.
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In May 1919 Stralsund workers clashed with police, and martial law was declared.
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Stralsund's shipyard was privatized, and thereafter specialized in constructing container ships.
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Fachhochschule Stralsund is a University of Applied Sciences with a modern campus, north of the old town at the Strelasund.
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The FH Stralsund offers international study programs, such as Leisure and Tourism Management and Baltic Management Studies .
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Stralsund is linked to the A20 motorway, via the B96n dual-carriageway.
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