art school, later working as a designer at the Royal China Manufacture. She subsequently concentrated on developing her silhouette art, illustrating magazines and books. In 1913 she won a scholarship to Rome. In 1941, she died in Berlin; her grave in Burg Stargard is still a memorial today. Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker Carl Rümker (28 May 1788 – 21 December 1862) was born in Stargard and studied at the Builders' Academy in Berlin, graduating in 1807 as a master builder. Rather than building, he taught mathematics in Hamburg until 1809 when he went to England to work for the East India Company as midshipman. In 1821 he went to New South Wales as astronomer at Sir Thomas Brisbane's observatory. Rümker was awarded the silver medal of the Royal Astronomical Society together with £100, for his re-discovery of Encke's Comet in 1822 and also received the gold medal of the Institute of France. Rümker returned to Europe in 1830 and took charge of the new Hamburg Observatory, publishing a preliminary catalogue of the stars of the Southern Hemisphere in 1832; from 1846–52 he published his great catalogue of 12,000 stars. He died in Lisbon in 1862. His son George took over as director of the Hamburg Observatory in 1857, where he served until his death in 1900. Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann (1796-1842), geographer, publicist Volker Schmidt (1942-2002), archaeologist, Rethra researcher Sport Burg Stargard has a multisport club, SV Burg Stargard 09, with around 400 sportsmen playing football, handball, volleyball and athletics. International relations Burg Stargard is twinned with: Marne in Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, since 1990 Tychowo, Białogard County in West Pomerania, Poland, since 2006 References External links Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Towns in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania States and territories established in the 12th century 1920 disestablishments in Germany Populated places established in the 13th century 1250s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1259 establishments in Europe Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Holocaust locations in Germany