Szczecin
Szczecin (German: Stettin) is a large city in Poland in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. As of 2005, 411,119 people live there. The city is on the river Odra (German: Oder), near the border to Germany. It is one of the largest sea ports on the Baltic. It is the historical capital of the German province of Pomerania. Szczecin has got one of the biggest harbours on the Baltic Sea.
Szczecin borders with Police, a district town at the Oder River.
Sister cities
Szczecin Media
The stone near Szczecin Cathedral commemorating the Kashubians (a Lehitic peoples), with an image of the Pomeranian Griffin
Szczecin Cathedral, built in the 14th century
Szczecin Castle, the seat of the dukes of the House of Griffin, which was founded by Duke Wartislaw I
View of the city with fortifications, 1581
The city's fortifications, as seen in 1642
Late 19th-century view of the city's riverfront
Sedina Monument (1899–1913)—Sedina was a personification of the city, symbolizing maritime trade and commerce.
Szczecin (German: Stettin) in 1945. From the 1964 book “Twenty Years of the People's Republic of Poland”
View of the Old Town from the Oder river. Most of the medieval buildings in the city centre were completely destroyed during World War II. The Ducal Castle can be seen in the background.
Monument to Polish Endeavor (Pomnik Czynu Polaków), dedicated to three Generations of Poles in Western Pomerania: the pre-war Poles in Szczecin, the Poles who rebuilt the city after World War II, and the modern generation
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References
- ↑ esbjergkommune.dk accessed Feb-2008
- ↑ "Guide to Hull Humberside and general Hull information". city-visitor.com. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ↑ "Malmö stads vänortssamarbete" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "St. Louis Sister Cities". St. Louis Center for International Relations. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ↑ Greifswald.de (in German)