Szczecin

Szczecin [ˈʂt​͡ʂɛt​͡ɕin] ( listen) (German: Stettin [ʃtɛˈtiːn] ( listen); Kashubian: Sztetëno [ʂtɛˈtənɔ]; Latin: Stetinum) - is the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of the 2005 census the city had a total population of 420,638. In 2007 its population was 407,811. Szczecin is located on the Oder River, south of the Lagoon of Szcze... more

Szczecin [ˈʂt​͡ʂɛt​͡ɕin] ( listen) (German: Stettin [ʃtɛˈtiːn] ( listen); Kashubian: Sztetëno [ʂtɛˈtənɔ]; Latin: Stetinum) - is the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of the 2005 census the city had a total population of 420,638. In 2007 its population was 407,811. Szczecin is located on the Oder River, south of the Lagoon of Szczecin and the Bay of Pomerania. 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. Szczecin borders with town of Police, seat of the Police County, situated at an estuary of the Oder River. The city evolved from an early medieval Pomeranian stronghold, which in 1243 was merged with two adjacent German settlements, creating the present-day Old Town. At the site of the former stronghold, a castle was built as a residence of the Griffin... less