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Szczecin
Oder River in Szczecin
Oder River in Szczecin
Flag of Szczecin
Flag		 Coat of arms of Szczecin
Coat of arms
Motto: "Szczecin jest otwarty" ("Szczecin is open")
Szczecin (Poland)
Szczecin
Szczecin
Coordinates: 53°25′N 14°35′E / 53.417, 14.583
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County city county
Established 8th century
Town rights 1243
Government
 - Mayor Piotr Krzystek
Area
 - City 301 km² (116. The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century West Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known by its Polish name of województwo zachodniopomorskie or simply Zachodniopomorskie) is a voivodeship A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - City 410,809
 - Density 1,364. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 8/km² (3,534. 9/sq mi)
 - Metro 777,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code PL-70-017
to 71-871
Area code(s) +48 91
Car plates ZS
Website: http://www.szczecin.pl

Szczecin [ˈʂt​͡ʂɛt​͡ɕin] (Image:Ltspkr.png listen) (German: Stettin [ʃtɛˈtin] (Image:Ltspkr.png listen); Kashubian: Sztetëno; Latin: Stetinum) is the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks In common with many Countries, Polish car number plates indicate the Region of Registration of the Vehicle encoded in the number plate The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa; język kaszubski is one of Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. West Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known by its Polish name of województwo zachodniopomorskie or simply Zachodniopomorskie) is a voivodeship Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. As of the 2005 census the city had a total population of 420,638. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population

Szczecin is located on the Oder River, south of the Lagoon of Szczecin and the Bay of Pomerania. The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe. The Lagoon of the Oder River is an inland water basin situated in the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea. The Bay of Pomerania or Pomeranian Bay (Polish Zatoka Pomorska; German Pommersche Bucht) is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the The city is situated along the southwestern shore of Dąbie Lake, on both sides of Oder and on several large islands between western and eastern branch of the river. Dąbie Lake ( Polish: Jezioro Dąbie or Jezioro Dąbskie, German: Dammscher See) is a Lake in the delta of the Oder

The city is on The European Route of Brick Gothic. The European Route of Brick Gothic (EuRoB is a touristic route connecting 31 cities with Brick Gothic Architecture in seven countries along the Baltic Sea

Szczecin borders with Police - a district town situated at Oder River. Police ("poh-LEE-tze" (Pölitz Kashubian / Pomeranian: Pòlice) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland Police County (powiat policki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe.

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Origins of the name

Early medieval sources show: Stetin 1133, Stetyn 1188, Priznoborus vir nobilis in Stetin, Symon nobilis Stettinensis 1234, in vico Stetin 1240, Barnim Dei gratia dux Pomeranorum. . . civitati nostri Stetin 1243, Stityn 1251, Sigillum Burgoncium de Stitin municipal seal of the 13th century. In Latin, the city was known as Stetinum.

City Hall
City Hall

The most likely origin of the name is considered to be the Polish words Szczyt or Szczeć-the first being the name of hill peak, the second being description of grass[1]. Because Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania founded the city of Neustettin (literally "New Szczecin", now Szczecinek) in 1310, the original Szczecin was sometimes called "Old Szczecin" (Polish: Stary Szczecin; German: Altes Stettin). Pomerania is a geographical region in northern Poland and Germany, on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. Szczecinek (Neustettin Nowé Sztetëno is a town in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland with some 39777 inhabitants (2007 Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.

History

Main article: History of Szczecin
The town's fortifications as seen in 1642
The town's fortifications as seen in 1642
Harbour as seen in 1900
Harbour as seen in 1900
The Old Town Hall, now the city's history museum
The Old Town Hall, now the city's history museum
The Old Town was rebuilt in the late 1990s, consisting of new buildings, some of which were reconstructions of buildings destroyed in WWII
The Old Town was rebuilt in the late 1990s, consisting of new buildings, some of which were reconstructions of buildings destroyed in WWII
Three generations in West Pomerania after World War II: Pomnik Czynu Polaków, Szczecin
Three generations in West Pomerania after World War II: Pomnik Czynu Polaków, Szczecin

The location was a stronghold of the Lusatian culture in the early Iron Age period. History of Szczecin (Stettin in Poland. Prehistoric stronghold A stronghold of the Lusatian culture in the early Iron Age Western Pomerania is a translation of "Vorpommern" (also "Hither Pomerania" both redirect here World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Lusatian culture existed in the later Bronze Age and early Iron Age ( 1300 BC - 500 BC) in eastern Germany, most of Poland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. An East Germanic tribe, the Rugians, inhabited the area until about 500 AD. The Germanic tribes referred to as East Germanic constitute a wave of Migrants who may have moved from Scandinavia into the area between the Oder The Rugians (Rugii were an East Germanic tribe whose ultimate origins have been traced to Rogaland in Norway, whose population probably was the Another stronghold was built in the 8th century at the ford of the Oder River by the Slavic Pomeranians. The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe.

Later, the place was the main centre of a small Western Slavic tribe living in the fork of the Oder between the main branch and the Randow River. The West Slavs are Slavic peoples speaking West Slavic languages. It is not certain if this tribe belonged to the Pomeranians who lived on the right bank of the Oder, or to the Polabians or Veleti who lived on the left bank of the Oder. The Pomeranians (Pomeranen Pòmòrzónie Pomorzanie were a group of West Slavic Tribes who lived along the shore of the Baltic Sea between Oder It is also possible that Stetinum was controlled in some manner by both tribes. It is very likely that Mieszko I of Poland, who conquered Pomerania in the years 967–972, also took control of Stetinum and Wolin. Life In 965 Mieszko married Dobrawa (Dobrava Dubrawka daughter of Boleslav I, Duke of Bohemia. Piast rule in Stetinum was overthrown by a pagan rebellion around 1005. Piast dynasty is the name used since the 17th century for Polish Royal Dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings as Duchy ruled by Mieszko For most of this time, the Pomeranians kept their pagan Baltic faith. Several Triglav temples existed nearby. Triglav ( Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian: Триглав Czech and Slovak: Trihlav; Trygław

After the decline of Wolin in the 12th century, Stetinum became one of the most important and powerful cities of the Baltic Sea south coasts, having some 5,000 inhabitants. In a winter campaign of 1121–1122, Stetinum was subjugated by Boleslaus III of Poland, who invited the Catholic bishop Otto of Bamberg to baptize the citizens (1124). Bolesław III Wrymouth ( Bolesław III Krzywousty) 1085 – 1138) was Duke of Poland from Saint Otto of Bamberg (Otto von Bamberg 1060 or 1061 - June 30, 1139) was a Medieval German Bishop and Missionary In this time, Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania is recorded to be the local duke. Wartislaw I was the first historical ruler of Pomerania and the founder of the Griffin dynasty Wartislaw managed to expand his duchy westward, thereby forming the territorial body of the later Duchy of Pomerania, and organized the second visit of Otto in 1128. For all other principalities and duchies in Pomerania and lists of dukes see Pomeranian duchies and dukes The Duchy of Pomerania was a At this time the first Christian church of St. Peter and Paul was erected. The duchy was for the centuries being ruled by the Griffins dynasty (House of Pomerania), of which Wartislaw I is the first definite ancestor. The House of Pomerania, (Greifen Gryfici also known as House of Greifen or House of Griffins, was a Dynasty of dukes that ruled the Duchy Stettin was made the capital of the duchy and did not lose this status even during the partitions of Pomerania, when Pomerania-Stettin comprised large portions of the duchy and always was seat of Pomeranian dukes. Pomerania is a geographical region in northern Poland and Germany, on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. As a result, Stettin was chosen to stay capital even in the Prussian Province of Pomerania set up after the 1637 death of the last Pomeranian duke. For the present-day Polish provinces see Pomeranian Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

In the second half of the 12th century, a group of German tradesmen (from various parts of the Holy Roman Empire) settled in the city around St. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in Jacob's Church, which was founded by Beringer, a trader from Bamberg, and consecrated in 1187. Bamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main After the 1164 Verchen battle, Stettin dukes joined in to Saxony and in 1181 Stettin became part of the Holy Roman Empire. The Battle of Verchen (Schlacht bei Verchen was a Battle between Saxons and West Slavic Obotrites on 6 July 1164. The mediæval Duchy of Saxony was a late Early Middle Ages "Carolingian Stem duchy " covering the greater part of Northern Germany. For centuries the dukes invited West and Central German settlers to colonize Pomeranian wastelands and to found towns and villages (see Ostsiedlung). This article covers the medieval eastward migrations of Germans Duke Barnim of Pomerania granted a local government charter to this community in 1237, separating the Germans from the Slavic majority community settled around the St. Barnim I the Good (born c 1217-1219 died December 13 1278 in Altdamm) was a Pomeranian ruler from the Griffin dynasty Nicholas Church (in the neighborhoods of Chyzin, Uber-Wiken, and Unter-Wiken). Barnim granted Stettin Magdeburg rights in 1243. Magdeburg Rights (Magdeburger Recht or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with Around that time the major ethnic group of the city had become German, while the Slavic population decreased.

Stettin joined the Hanseatic League in 1278. The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade Already in the 1300s the city had been German, while the countryside remained partly West Slavic. By the 1630s the city and surrounding area that hadn't been already German had become completely Germanized. Germanisation (also spelled Germanization) is either the spread of the German language, people and culture either by force or Assimilation

After the extinction of the Griffits dynasty, Stettin, along with the rest of Western Pomerania, was granted to Sweden at the Peace of Westphalia (1648), despite the protests of Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg, who had a legal claim to inherit all of Pomerania. Sweden was between 1611 and 1718 one of the Great powers of Europe The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24 of Frederick William (Friedrich Wilhelm February 16 1620 &ndash April 29 1688) was the Elector of Brandenburg and the Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. In 1720 after the Great Northern War, the Swedes were forced to cede the city to King Frederick William I of Prussia. The Great Northern War (1700-21 was fought between Russia and Sweden for supremacy in the Baltic Sea. Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I ( August 14, 1688 &ndash May 31, 1740) of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King Stettin developed into a major Prussian city and became part of the Prussian-led German Empire in 1871. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification In 1939 Stettin had about 400,000 inhabitants. It was Germany's third-biggest seaport (after Hamburg and Bremen) and was of great importance for the supply and trade of Berlin. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Cars of the Stoewer automobile company were produced in Stettin from 1899 - 1945. Stoewer was a German Automobile manufacturer before World War II whose headquarters were in Stettin (Szczecin.

In 1935 the German Wehrmacht made Stettin the headquarters for Wehrkreis II, which controlled the military units in all of Mecklenburg and Pomerania. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Mecklenburg ( Low German: Mekelnborg) is a region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern It was also the Area Headquarters for units stationed at Stettin I and II; Swinemünde; Greifswald; and Stralsund. Świnoujście (Swinemünde is a City and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland Greifswald (ˈɡʁaɪ̯fsvalt from German: popular etymology Greif, "griffin" proper etymology akin to "grip a plot not yet cleared and taken Stralsund (ˈʃtʁaːlzʊnt is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, situated at the southern Coast of the Strelasund (a sound During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II in 1939, Stettin was the base for the German 2nd Motorized Infantry Division, which cut across the Polish Corridor. The Invasion of Poland (1939 precipitated World War II. It was carried out by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small German-allied World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including 2nd Infantry Division 2nd Motorized Infantry Division 12th Panzer Division The German 2nd Infantry Division was created from components of the Background Giving Poland access to the sea was one of the guarantees proposed by the United States President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Allied air raids in 1944 and heavy fighting between the German and Soviet armies destroyed 65% of Stettin's buildings and almost all of the city centre, seaport and industries. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

The Soviet Red Army captured the city on April 26, 1945. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Many of the city's inhabitants fled before its capture, and Stettin was virtually deserted when it fell. In the following month the city was handed over to Polish administration three times, permanently on July 5, 1945. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar In the meantime part of the German population had returned, believing it might become part of the Soviet occupation zone in Germany. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Stettin is located mostly west of the Oder-Neisse line, which was to be Poland's new border according to the Potsdam Conference. The Oder-Neisse line (Granica na Odrze i Nysie Łużyckiej Oder-Neiße-Grenze was drawn in the aftermath of World War II as the eastern border of Germany and The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 16, However, most of Pomerania, including all of Stettin and the mouth of the Oder River, was awarded to Poland.

The Polish authorities were led by Piotr Zaremba. Many of the remaining Germans were forced to work in Soviet military camps that were outside of Polish jurisdiction. In the early 1950s, most of Stettin's Germans were expelled from the city, although there was a significant German minority for the next 10 years. The expulsion of Germans after World War II was the Forced migration and Ethnic cleansing of German nationals ( Reichsdeutsche) and ethnic

In 1945 the Polish community in Stettin consisted of a few of citizens from the pre-war population as well as forced laborers from the General government. Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations especially in modern or early modern history in which people are employed against their will The General Government (Generalgouvernement refers to a part of the territories of Poland (and Ostrava Czechoslovakia under German Military occupation Stettin was resettled with Poles, most of whom came from around Poznań, where their homes had been destroyed during the German occupation and during fighting on the Eastern Front. The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poznań Lublin Voivodeship This article is about the city in Poland The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign The city's population was expelled and then resettled with Poles from Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union. After the Soviet invasion of Poland following the corresponding German invasion that marked the start of World War II in 1939 the Soviet Union annexed This settlement process was coordinated by the city of Poznan, and Stettin's name was changed to a Polish name of Szczecin. There is significant Ukrainian minority, which was forced by communist government, after Operation Vistula in 1947 to leave East of Poland.

The new citizens of Szczecin rebuilt and extended the city's industry and industrial areas, as well as its cultural heritage, although efforts were hampered by the authorities of Communist Poland. The People's Republic of Poland or Polish People's Republic ( Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL Russian Szczecin became a major industrial centre for Poland, as well as an important seaport for Poland (especially for Silesian coal), Czechoslovakia, and East Germany. Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state The city witnessed anti-communist revolts in 1970 and 1980 and participated in the growth of the Solidarity movement during the 1980s. Since 1999 Szczecin has been the capital of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. West Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known by its Polish name of województwo zachodniopomorskie or simply Zachodniopomorskie) is a voivodeship


Szczecin harbour and Oder River panorama

Dukes of Pomerania-Stettin

Main article: Dukes of Pomerania

Famous residents

Before 1945

After 1945

Historical population

Architecture and urban planning

Szczecin's architectural style is mainly influenced by those of the last half of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century: Academic art and Art Nouveau. Academic art is a style of Painting and Sculpture produced under the influence of European academies or universities Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international In many areas built after 1945, especially in the city centre, which had been destroyed due to Allied bombing, social realism is prevalent. Social Realism, also known as Socio-Realism, is an Artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts Working class

Urban planning of Szczecin is unusual. The first thing observed by a newcomer is abundance of green areas: parks and avenues – wide streets with trees planted in the island separating opposite traffic (where often tram tracks are laid); and roundabouts. A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island This makes Szczecin's city project quite similar to that of Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The reason is, Szczecin (like Paris) was rebuilt in the 1880s using a design by Georges-Eugène Haussmann. Georges-Eugène Haussmann ( March 27, 1809 &ndash January 11, 1891) who called himself Baron Haussmann, was a French

This course of designing streets in Szczecin is still used, as many recently built (or modified) city areas include roundabouts and avenues.

Municipal administration

The city is administratively divided into boroughs (Polish: dzielnica), which are further divided into smaller neighbourhoods. The governing bodies of the latter serve the role of auxiliary local government bodies called Neighborhood Councils (Polish: Rady Osiedla). A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised Community within a larger City, Town or Elections for Neighborhood Councils are held up to six months after each City Council elections. An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office Attendance is rather low (on May 20, 2007 it ranged from 1. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 03% to 27. 75% and was 3. 78% on average). Councillors are responsible mostly for small infrastructure like trees, park benches, playgrounds, etc. A councillor or councilor ( Cllr, Coun, Clr or Cr for short is a member of a Local government council such as a A playground or play area is an area designed for Children to play, indoors or outdoors Other functions are mostly advisory. Official list of districts

Modern division onto boroughs
Modern division onto boroughs

Dzielnica Śródmieście (City Centre)

Centrum, Drzetowo-Grabowo, Łękno, Międzyodrze-Wyspa Pucka, Niebuszewo-Bolinko, Nowe Miasto, Stare Miasto, Śródmieście Północ, Śródmieście-Zachód, Turzyn. Drzetowo-Grabowo is a municipal Neighborhood of Szczecin, Zachodnie Pomorze, Poland, part of the Śródmieście district and borders Szczecin-Łękno is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north-west of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Międzyodrze is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the islands between the West Oder river and Szczecin-Niebuszewo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland, north of the Szczecin Olde Town and Middle Town. Szczecin Stare Miasto (Old Town (German Stettiner Altstadt) is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland, situated on the left bank of Szczecin-Śródmieście (Middle Town is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west and around Szczecin-Śródmieście (Middle Town is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west and around Szczecin-Turzyn is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river] west of the Szczecin Old Town

Dzielnica Północ (North)

Bukowo, Golęcino-Gocław, Niebuszewo, Skolwin, Stołczyn, Warszewo, Żelechowa. Szczecin-Bukowo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Golęcino is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Gocław is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Niebuszewo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland, north of the Szczecin Olde Town and Middle Town. Szczecin-Skolwin is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Stołczyn is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of the Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Szczecin-Warszewo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north-west of the Szczecin Old Szczecin-Żelechowa is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old

Dzielnica Zachód (West)

Głębokie-Pilchowo, Gumieńce, Krzekowo-Bezrzecze, os.Arkońskie-Niemierzyn, Osów, Pogodno, Pomorzany, Świerczewo, os. Szczecin-Głębokie (ˈʂt​͡ʂɛt​͡ɕin - gɫɛm'bɔkʲe is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder Szczecin-Pilchowo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north-west of the Szczecin Old Szczecin-Gumieńce is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Bezrzecze is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Niemierzyn ( Osiedle Arkońskie-Niemierzyn) is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river Szczecin-Osów is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north-west of the Szczecin Old Szczecin-Pogodno is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Pomorzany is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, south of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Świerczewo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Zawadzkiego-Klonowica.

Dzielnica Prawobrzeże (Right-Bank)

Bukowe-Klęskowo, Dąbie, Majowe-Kijewo, Płonia-Śmierdnica-Jezierzyce, Podjuchy, os.Słoneczne, Wielgowo-Sławociesze, Załom, Zdroje, Żydowce-Klucz. Szczecin-Klęskowo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Dąbie is a municipal neighborhood of Szczecin in Poland, situated on the Plonia river, on the south coast of Dąbie Lake, on the right bank Szczecin-Kijewo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Płonia is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland. Szczecin-Śmierdnica is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Jezierzyce is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Podjuchy is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of the East Oder river, south-east of the Szczecin-osiedle Słoneczne is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Szczecin-Wielgowo is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Sławociesze is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Załom is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Zdroje is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, south-east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Żydowce is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, south-east of the Szczecin Szczecin-Klucz is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, south-east of the Szczecin Old

Other historical neigbourhoods

Babin, Barnucin, Basen Górniczy,Błędów, Boleszyce, Bystrzyk, Cieszyce, Cieśnik, Dolina, Drzetowo, Dunikowo, Glinki, Grabowo, Jezierzyce, Kaliny, Kępa Barnicka, Kijewko, Kluczewko, Kłobucko, Kniewo, Kraśnica, Krzekoszów, Lotnisko, Łasztownia, Niemierzyn, Odolany, Oleszna, Podbórz, Port, os.Przyjaźni, Rogatka, Rudnik, Sienna, Skoki, Słowieńsko, Sosnówko, Starków, Stoki, Struga, Śmierdnica, os.Świerczewskie, Trzebusz, Urok, Widok, Zdunowo. Szczecin-Babin is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Barnicun is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Basen Górniczy is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the islands between the West Oder river and Szczecin-Błędów is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Boleszyce is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland, situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Bystrzyk is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Cieszyce is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Cieśnik is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Dolina is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Drzetowo is a historical municipal neighborhood of the City of Szczecin. Szczecin-Dunikowo is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Glinki is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Grabowo is a historical municipal neighborhood of the City of Szczecin. Szczecin-Jezierzyce is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Kaliny is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Kępa Barnicka is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the islands between the West Oder river and Szczecin-Kijewko is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland. Szczecin-Kluczewko is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, south-east of the Szczecin Old Szczecin-Kłobucko is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Kniewo is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Kraśnica is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Krzekoszów is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right and left banks of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Szczecin-Lotnisko (Airport is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Szczecin-Łasztownia is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the islands between the West Oder river and East Szczecin-Niemierzyn ( Osiedle Arkońskie-Niemierzyn) is a municipal neighborhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river Szczecin-Odolany is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Oleszna is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Pogdbórz is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Port is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the islands between the West Oder river and East Oder Szczecin-osiedle Przyjaźni is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Szczecin-Rogatka is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Rudnik is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Sienna is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Skoki is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Słowieńsko is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Sosnówko is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Starków is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Stoki is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, north of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Struga (Buchholz Hohenkrug Königsweg and Henningsholm is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder Szczecin-Śmierdnica is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-osiedle Świerczewskie is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the left bank of Oder river, west of the Szczecin Szczecin-Trzebusz is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Urok is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Widok is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, south-east of the Szczecin Old Town Szczecin-Zdunowo is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, east of the Szczecin Old Town

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) from Szczecin

Transport

There is a common bus network in Szczecin and Police, Poland. Police ("poh-LEE-tze" (Pölitz Kashubian / Pomeranian: Pòlice) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland There are trams in Szczecin.

Economy

PAZIM building
PAZIM building
One of Szczecin's most important recent developments has been the Galaxy Centrum shopping center
One of Szczecin's most important recent developments has been the Galaxy Centrum shopping center

Szczecin has three shipyards (Stocznia Remontowa Gryfia, Stocznia Pomerania, Stocznia Szczecińska), of which one is the biggest in Poland (Stocznia Szczecińska, which five years ago went bankrupt and was reinstated. It has a fishing industry and a steel mill. It is served by Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport and by the Port of Szczecin, third biggest port of Poland. Szczecin-Goleniów " Solidarność " Airport ( Polish: Port Lotniczy Szczecin-Goleniów im It is also home to several major companies. Among them is the major food producer Drobimex, Polish Steamship Company, producer of construction materials Komfort, Bosman brewery and Cefarm drug factory. It also houses several of the new business firms of the IT branch.

Culture

Major cultural events in Szczecin are:

Museums

Arts and entertainment

Education and science

Scientific and regional organizations

Sports

There are many popular professional sports team in Szczecin area. Zdzisław Chmielewski (born October 4, 1942) is a Polish historian rector of Szczecin University, member of the European Parliament Szczecin University of Technology ( Polish: Politechnika Szczecińska) is one of the biggest universities in Szczecin, Poland. Pomeranian Medical University (PMU was established in 1948 in Szczecin, Poland. Szczecin Scientific Society (Polish Szczecińskie Towarzystwo Naukowe, STN Latin Sociatas Scientarum Scecinensis) is a general scientific society in Szczecin The most popular sport today is probably football (thanks to Pogon Szczecin just promoted to play in the 1st league in season 2004/2005). Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered MKS Pogoń Szczecin is a Polish football club based in Szczecin, Poland, currently playing in the 3rd level of Polish football Amateur sports are played by thousands of Szczecin citizens and also in schools of all levels (elementary, secondary, university).

Professional teams:

Amateur leagues

Twinning cities

The sister cities of Szczecin are:

See also

Publications

References

  1. ^ esbjergkommune. dk accessed Feb-2008

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Coordinates: 53°25′N 14°35′E / 53.417, 14.583

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Szczecin

-proper noun

  1. A city in Poland, the capital of West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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