PASEWALK

town, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Land (state), northeastern Germany, on the cker River about 18 miles (29 km) south of Ueckermnde and about 24 miles (39 km) west of Szczecin (Stettin), Poland. Pasewalk is a rail junction, and the town's economic activities include food processing (potato-flour milling), manufacturing (machinery and electrical equipment), metalworking, and lumbering. Pasewalk contains a 13th15th-century church and the remains of old town walls and gates. The town passed to Sweden in 1648 and to Prussia in 1720, when it became part of Pomerania. Pop. (1989 est.) 15,768.