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Neuwarper See
The Neuwarper See, also Warper See* Johannes Hinz: ''Warper See''. In: Johannes Hinz: ''Pommern. Lexikon.'' Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1996, , p. 337. ( pl, Jezioro Nowowarpieńskie), is a bay on the southern shore of the Szczecin Lagoon. It runs for about into the interior and has two narrow channels to the lagoon in the north that are each only wide and divided by a small island of reeds. The west and south shores of the bay belong to the district of Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Vorpommern-Greifswald in the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the east shore is part of the Poland, Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Police County). On the Neuwarper See lie the municipality of Altwarp and the village of in the municipality of Luckow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Luckow, as well as the town of Nowe Warpno (''Neuwarp'') and its districts – Podgrodzie (''Altstadt'') and Karszno (''Albrechtsdorf''). The island of Riether Werder, 0.83 km² in area, lies in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rieth Aus Der Luft
Rieth may refer to: * Rieth (Erfurt), Rieth, a district of the German city of Erfurt * Rieth, a district of the German town of Luckow,_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Luckow * Rieth, Oregon, unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon * Rieth (surname) * Andreas Rieth Homestead, historic home in Pennsylvania {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
0811 Jezioro Nowowarpieńskie 1
__NOTOC__ Year 811 ( DCCCXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Nikephoros I organises a new campaign against the Bulgarian Empire, gathering an expeditionary force (most of the Roman army) from all parts of the empire. He is accompanied by high-ranking officials and aristocrats, including his son Stauracius and brother-in-law Michael I Rangabe (both later emperors temporarily). Krum, ruler (''khan'') of Bulgaria, sends envoys to sue for peace. Nikephoros refuses to accept the terms and marches through the Balkan passes towards Pliska, the Bulgarian capital. * July 23 – Nikephoros I reaches Pliska, and destroys a Bulgarian army of 12,000 elite soldiers who guard the stronghold. Another hastily assembled relief force of 50,000 soldiers suffers a similar fate. The Byzantines capture the defenseless capital. Nikephoros plunders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szczecin Lagoon
Szczecin Lagoon ( pl, Zalew Szczeciński, german: Stettiner Haff, since 1945 sometimes also ''Oderhaff'' (Oder lagoon) or ''Pommersches Haff'' (Pomeranian lagoon)) is a lagoon in the Oder estuary, shared by Germany and Poland. It is separated from the Pomeranian Bay of the Baltic Sea by the islands of Usedom and Wolin. The lagoon is subdivided into the ''Kleines Haff'' ( pl, Mały Zalew, "small lagoon") in the West and the ''Wielki Zalew'' (german: Großes Haff, "great lagoon") in the East. An ambiguous historical German name was ''Frisches Haff'', which later exclusively referred to the Vistula Lagoon. Geography From the South, the lagoon is fed by several arms of the Oder river and smaller rivers like Ziese, Peene, Zarow, Uecker, and Ina.Gerald Schernewski, ''Baltic coastal ecosystems: structure, function, and coastal zone management'', Springer, 2002, p.79, In the North, the lagoon is connected to the Baltic Sea's Bay of Pomerania with the three straits Peenestrom, Świna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) and the state of Brandenburg. The district seat is the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald. A lake called Berliner See is found in the district. History Vorpommern-Greifswald District was established by merging the former districts of Ostvorpommern and Uecker-Randow; along with the subdivisions of Jarmen-Tutow and Peenetal/Loitz (from the former district of Demmin), and the former district-free town Greifswald, as part of the local government reform of September 2011. The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011. The project name for the district was ''Südvorpommern''. Geography The district has a number of lakes including: The island of Usedom Usedom (german: Usedom , pl, Uznam ) is a Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an area of , making it the sixth largest German state in area; and it is 16th in population density. Schwerin is the state capital and Rostock is the largest city. Other major cities include Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald, Wismar, and Güstrow. It was named after the 2 regions of Mecklenburg and Vorpommern (which means West Pomerania). The state was established in 1945 after World War II through the merger of the historic regions of Mecklenburg and the Prussian Western Pomerania by the Soviet military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. It became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1949, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms and its territory divided into the districts of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1 682 003 people. It was established on 1 January 1999, out of the former Szczecin and Koszalin Voivodeships and parts of Gorzów, Piła and Słupsk Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-states of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Brandenburg to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north.Ustawa z dnia 24 lipca 1998 r. o wprowadzeniu zasadniczego trójstopniowego podziału terytorialnego państwa (Dz.U. z 1998 r. nr 96, poz. 603). Geography and tourism West Pomeranian Voivodeship is the fifth largest voivodeship of Poland in terms of area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police County
__NOTOC__ Police County ( pl, powiat policki, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Polish-German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Police, which lies north of the regional capital Szczecin. The only other town in the county is Nowe Warpno, lying north-west of Police. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 64,147, out of which the population of Police is 34,284, that of Nowe Warpno is 1,170 and the rural population is 28,693. Neighbouring counties Police County is bordered by the city of Świnoujście (across the Szczecin Lagoon) to the north, and by Goleniów County, the city of Szczecin and Gryfino County to the east. It also borders Germany to the west (districts Vorpommern-Greifswald and Uckermark). There is a common bus transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altwarp
Altwarp is a municipality located in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, on the border with Poland. It has about 500 inhabitants and is located on the Bay of Neuwarp (german: Neuwarper See) opposite the Polish town of Nowe Warpno Nowe Warpno (; formerly german: Neuwarp) is a historic town in northwestern Poland, within Police County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of the Szczecin Lagoon, at the border with Germany. It is the seat of the urban-rural ad ... (german: Neuwarp). References Vorpommern-Greifswald {{VorpommernGreifswald-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luckow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Luckow is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The municipality is administered by the office Am Stettiner Haff with seat in Eggesin. Districts * Luckow * Christiansberg * Fraudenhorst * Rieth * Riether Stiege * Island Riether Werder in the bay Neuwarper See History The southern shore and the ''hinterland'' of the Szczecin Lagoon were inhabited thousands of years ago, as evidenced by spearheads and fist wedges. The area belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania, to Sweden from 1648 to 1721, to Prussia as Province of Pomerania from 1815 to 1945 and to the district Neubrandenburg from 1952 to 1990). Luckow was a Slavic complex. In 1260 it was mentioned as Luckowe (in German: ''Wiesengrund'') in a deed of transfer. The timber-framed church in Luckow was built in 1726. Luckow was owned by the von Bröcker and Muckerwitz family until 1782. Christiansberg was founded in 1822 and settled by day labourers. The botanical garden was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowe Warpno
Nowe Warpno (; formerly german: Neuwarp) is a historic town in northwestern Poland, within Police County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of the Szczecin Lagoon, at the border with Germany. It is the seat of the urban-rural administrative district called Gmina Nowe Warpno. The town, located in the historic Western Pomerania, is known for its lagoon marina, a seventeenth-century timber-framed town hall and old core. The town's population is 1,170 (according to figures for 2006). The rural part of its gmina has the lowest population density of any such division in Poland, with only 2.09 persons/km2; the town's density (48.8/km2) raises the overall population density of the gmina to 7.88/km2, still the fourth lowest in Poland. The town is on the inlet of Neuwarp Bay on the southern shore of the Szczecin Lagoon. Across an 800 m wide strait lies the village of Altwarp in the German part of Pomerania. (''Alt'' and ''Neu'' mean "old" and "new" in German; in Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riether Werder
The Riether Werder, also Riethscher Werder, is an island in the Neuwarper See, a bay in the Stettin Lagoon. It is the only island in the lagoon on German territory. The first recorded mention of the island dates to the year 1252, when Duke Barnim I of Pomerania gifted this island along with other possessions to Eldena Abbey. It was then given it the Slavic name ''Wozstro''.Klaus Conrad (Bearb.): ''Pommersches Urkundenbuch.'' Vol. 1. 2nd ed., Böhlau Verlag, Cologne and Vienna, 1970, No. 559. The present name of the island is derived from the village of Rieth on the southern shore of the bay. The island belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the extreme northeast of Germany. It has national importance as a bird island. It is in area and lies about a kilometre from the south and west shore of the Neuwarper See. The sea border with Poland runs immediately past the eastern tip of the island. Rare bird species such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
