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Szczecin (pronounce: Media:Szczecin.ogg|
Szczecin is situated in the north-west corner of Poland, on both banks of the Oder River, close to Baltic Sea and the German border. The city is situated to the south of and around the greater bay into which the Oder river flows. The Western side is commonly called the Left Bank (Lewobrzeze), and the Eastern side the Right Bank (Prawobrzeze). Between them is an archipelago with many islands (mainly industrial areas with shipyards and sea-port infrastructure).
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, which is the same to the modern Polish spelling of Szczecin. The name is almost certainly of the same origin as others Polish names such as Szczytno, Szczucin and Szczuczyn .
There are several possible etymologies of the city name:
Because in 1310 duke Warcislaw IV has founded a new city called New Szczecin and today Szczecinek modelled after the Szczecin municipality, the original Szczecin was sometimes called the Old Szczecin ( Latin: Stetinum Antiqua, Polish: Stary Szczecin, German: Alten Stettin.)
In the 16th century Polish literature used two alternative spellings: Szczecin (seems to be the exact pronunciation of the city name used by its Slavonic inhabitants, previously spelled in Latin as Stetin since the 12th century) and Sztetyn (seems to be a copy of the German pronunciation). The first form of Szczecin prevailed in the following years and was officially confirmed in the 19th century, long before the city was again in Polish hands.
Full article: History of Szczecin
A stronghold of the Lusatian culture was here in the early Iron Age period. Another stronghold of the PomeranianThis article is about the dog breed. For the Slavic tribe, see Pomeranians for the language spoken in Pomerania see Pomeranian language . The Pomeranian is a dog breed in the spitz family, named for Pomerania and classed as a "toy" breed because of theirs was built in the 8th century at the ford of the Oder river. The city was already a flourishing trading centre with 10,000 inhabitants when it was subjugated and baptized by Boleslaus III of PolandJan Matejko Boleslaus III the Wrymouth Boleslaw III Krzywousty , ( 1086- 1138) was duke of Poland from 1102. He was a son of Ladislaus Herman of Poland and Judith of Bohemia. He defeated the Pomeranians at the battle of Naklo in 1109, and took control of. A medieval municipality was granted autonomy in 1243Events Innocent IV was elected pope. Castile captures the city of Murcia from the Moors. Births Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile Ferdinand III,. Till the 1630sCenturies: 16th century 17th century 18th century Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s Years: 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 Events and Trends Thirty Years' War in full swing in Europe September 8, it was the capital of the Polish DuchyA duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. Historically, some duchies in Continental Europe were sovereign, while others (especially in France and Britain) were subordinate districts of a kingdom. See also: Grand Duchy. For the hi of PomeraniaPomerania ( Polish: Pomorze German: Pommern and Pommerellen Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pomorze and Pomorsk Latin: Pomerania Pomorania is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on ruled by the Slavonic Griffin dynasty. After their extinction Szczecin fell to Sweden till 1720 (despite the Polish protests), then to Prussia, from 1870 part of the nation-state Germany, until 1945, when it was occupied by the Red Army and annexed to Poland, while its original inhabitants were expelled and the city colonized with Poles. It was rebuilt and made a major industrial centre, the capital of Szczecin Voivodship. It witnessed anti-communist revols in 1970 and 1980 adding its share to the birth of Solidarity movement. Since 1999 Szczecin is the capital of Western Pomeranian Voivodship.
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