Szczecin

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Szczecin

Western Facade of St. Jacobs Cathedral in Szczecin

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Hay Market in Szczecin

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An important building near the river Oder

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Flag

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Coat of arms

Szczecin (German: [Stettin] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), 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

Bremerhaven in Germany Rostock in Germany Dalian in People's Republic of China Esbjerg in Denmark Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Germany Lübeck in Germany

Kingston upon Hull in United Kingdom Malmö in Sweden Murmansk in Russia St. Louis, Missouri in United States Klaipėda in Lithuania Greifswald, Germany

Szczecin Media

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  The stone near Szczecin Cathedral commemorating the Kashubians (a Lehitic people), with an image of the Pomeranian Griffin

• Szczecin Cathedral, first built in the 14th century

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  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

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  The city's fortifications, as seen in 1642

• Late 19th-century view of the city's riverfront

• Sedina Monument from 1898 sculptured by Ludwig Manzel (postcard from c.1899-1913) — Sedina was a personification of the city, symbolizing maritime trade and commerce.

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  Emblem of the pre-war Polish Consulate, removed by the Germans in September 1939 and thrown into the Oder River; now an exhibit of the National Museum in Szczecin

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  Szczecin (German: Stettin) in 1945. From the 1964 book “Twenty Years of the People's Republic of Poland”

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  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.