Świnoujście (; german: Swinemünde ; nds, Swienemünn; all three meaning " Świna ivermouth"; csb, Swina) is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...

and

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on the

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and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. Situated mainly on the islands of Usedom and Wolin, it also occupies smaller islands. The largest is

Karsibór Karsibór (formerly german: Kaseburg or ''Caseburg'') is an island in the Szczecin Lagoon, Poland, which was created by the cutting of the Piast Canal which separated it from the island of Usedom. The island was named after its largest village ( ...

island, once part of Usedom, now separated by the Piast Canal, formerly the ''Kaiserfahrt'', dug in the late 19th century to facilitate ship access to

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

. Świnoujście directly borders the German seaside resort of Ahlbeck on Usedom, connected by a street and of beach promenade. Since 1999, Świnoujście has been a city with the administrative rights of a county ( pl, miasto na prawach

powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...

u), within

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 ...

. It was previously part of

Szczecin Voivodeship Szczecin Voivodeship may also refer to: * Szczecin Voivodeship (1946–1975) *Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998) *West Pomeranian Voivodeship, with the capital in Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ...

(1975–1998). The city lies in the geographic region of

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to t ...

and had a population of 41,516 in 2012. Świnoujście is one of the most important areas of the Szczecin metropolitan region. The Świnoujście LNG terminal, opened in 2015, is located in the city. Despite its relatively small population, Świnoujście is Poland's ninth-largest city by area.

History

The first human settlements in areas that are now Świnoujście appeared five thousand years ago, as confirmed by archaeological findings. For a thousand years, the estuary of the river was part of the state of the Świnoujście, included in the emerging Polish state in the 10th century by first Polish ruler Mieszko I. In the early 12th century, the island became part of the

Duchy of Pomerania The Duchy of Pomerania (german: Herzogtum Pommern; pl, Księstwo Pomorskie; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The countr ...

, founded as a vassal duchy of

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. In later centuries, local Pomeranian princes ruled the area, and on both sides of the river, they built fortified castles, which were destroyed several times by the Danish invasions in the 12th century, in 1170 and 1173. Between 1185 and 1227, the settlement was part of a Danish

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of f ...

. During the

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(1618–1648) the city became part of the

Swedish Empire The Swedish Empire was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries ( sv, Stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power"). The beginning of the empire is usually t ...

. The strait Świna was formerly flanked by the fishing villages of Westswine and Ostswine. Towards the beginning of the 17th century, it was made navigable for large ships. The

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gained the area in 1720 from Sweden, and included it in her Pomeranian province. Świnoujście (''Swinemünde'') was founded on the site of Westswine in 1748, fortified, and received

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from King

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in 1765. It served as the outer port of Stettin (Szczecin) and was administered within the Province of Pomerania. Swinemünde became part of the German Empire after the Kingdom of Prussia completed the

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in 1871. The town had broad, unpaved streets and one-story houses built in the Dutch style, which gave it an almost rustic appearance. Its industries, beyond some fishing, were entirely connected with its shipping. The river mouth, which was the entrance to the harbor and regarded as the best on the Prussian Baltic coast, was then protected by two curving long breakwaters, and was strongly fortified. On the island of Wolin, on the other side of the narrow Świna, a great lighthouse was erected. In 1897 the canal of the Kaiserfahrt was opened to navigation, and this waterway between the Stettin harbour and the Baltic Sea was deepened between 1900 and 1901. From then on Stettin could be reached directly by ships, and Swinemünde's importance diminished somewhat. Swinoujscie 30

During

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, Germany operated a forced labour subcamp of the

Stalag II-D Stalag II-D Stargard (American named, "Camp #86") was a World War II German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II, prisoner-of-war camp located near Stargard, Pomerania. It housed Polish people, Polish, American ...

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in the city. In February 1945, a German-conducted

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of Allied

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from the

Stalag Luft IV Stalag Luft IV was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp in Gross Tychow, Pomerania (now Tychowo, Poland). It housed mostly American POWs, but also Britons, Canadians, Poles, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Czechs, Frenchmen and ...

prisoner-of-war camp passed through the city. On 12 March 1945 during World War II, refugee-crowded Swinemünde suffered heavy destruction by the

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, an estimated 5,000 to 23,000 were killed, most of whom are buried on the Golm War Cemetery west of the town, on the German side of the border. The city and port were also destroyed during the Allied air raids on 12 March and 16 April 1945. On 16 April 1945, a British

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of the No. 617 Squadron RAF was shot down by the Germans, and is now commemorated with a memorial on the Karsibór island within the city limits. The unfinished was scuttled in the harbor in an attempt to prevent its capture by the advancing

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(it was nevertheless refloated by the Soviets later). The German battleship had also participated in the defence of the city, before it too was scuttled. After the German forces defending the city were evacuated, Soviet forces occupied the city on the night of 4–5 May 1945. After Germany's defeat in the war, the Allied Nations imposed new borders in Central and Eastern Europe at the Potsdam Conference, which made the area, including Świnoujście, again part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until the

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in the 1980s. The entire population was expelled in accordance to the

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and replaced by ethnic Poles. The Treaty of Zgorzelec signed between the

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and the

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affirmed the new border, and the German–Polish Border Treaty of 1990 officially affirmed the existing borders after

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. In the winter of 1945, some members of the communist Polish Security Forces who had been victims of German concentration camps carried out atrocities against local Germans. An investigation in 2008 estimated that over 40 German civilians were killed. Nine men were charged with the murder and maltreatment of Germans, and in 1947, after one escaped and one hanged himself, seven of them stood trial. The harshest sentence given in that trial was a mere 4 years' imprisonment, for theft. In another trial, the town's chief of police, Jan Zientara, was sentenced to eight years, for organizing robberies of German civilians. In 1948, the reconstruction of the port of Świnoujście from martial to commercial and fishing began. The construction of a large fish farm began, a huge swimming pool and industrial buildings were built, and 3 years later the Fisheries Base was commissioned. Within three years, a large fish factory was established, managed by the independent ''Przedsiębiorstwo Usług Rybackie Odra'' in Świnoujście. The port of Świnoujście was one of the three Polish ports through which

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and Macedonians, refugees of the Greek Civil War, reached Poland. The refugees were then transported to new homes in Poland, while wounded ones were sent to a nearby hospital on the Wolin island. It was not until 27 November 1950, that the GDR government agreed to transfer to Poland the water intake for the city of Świnoujście, located at Lake Wolgastsee and demarcating the border there again. In June 1951, an area of 76.5 ha was incorporated into Poland together with a water treatment station, creating a characteristic promontory protruding into the German area (the so-called Worek, (53 54 49.11 N 14 11′11.18 E). In return, Germany was granted a similar area between the water intake and the Pomeranian Bay. The spa part of the city was occupied by the

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until 1957, and until the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, there was a base of Soviet warships with facilities in Świnoujście. Until 1972, the city belonged to the Wolin poviat. In 1959, the "Uzdrowisko Świnoujście" State Enterprise was established. Currently Uzdrowisko Świnoujście S.A. belongs to the largest and most modern in Poland, and its greatest asset is still bromide-iodide-sodium brine discovered a hundred years ago. Świnoujście - Gazoport - 2018-06-02 16-33-02

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In the 1960s and 1970s, a seaport was created, which together with Szczecin created a complex of ports Szczecin-Świnoujście. In 1964, ferry shipping to Scandinavia was resumed. In 2015 the Świnoujście LNG terminal was opened, named after the late Polish President Lech Kaczyński, during whose presidency its construction was initiated.

Geography

The city is located on the Strait of Świna, which in its northern part connects with the Baltic Sea, and in the south with the Szczecin Lagoon. It is situated on three inhabited islands: Usedom (35,712 inhabitants in 2010), Wolin (4,317 inhabitants), Karsibór (703 inhabitants) and 41 smaller uninhabited islands. Świnoujście is located in the northwestern edge of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship (with coordinates 53 ° 54′N 14 ° 14′E). According to data from 1 January 2009, the area of the urban commune is . Every year, the city's area increases by applying sand on the beach by sea currents. Sands settling at the shore caused the shoreline to shift by over the last 200 years. Currently, the beach in the widest section is , making the beach in Świnoujście the widest beach in Poland.

Climate

Świnoujscie is situated in the oceanic climate, which is characterized by mild winters and relatively cool summers. A very large influence on the climate of the city is the location of the Baltic Sea. Świnoujscie often in winter is the warmest city in Poland. Poczta, 1878, 1900 8

Population

* 1875: 7,977 * 1880: 8,478 * 1890: 8,508 * 1900: 10,300 * 1925: 18,352 * 1933: 20,514 * 1939: 26,593 * 1947: 5,800 * 1960: 17,000''Rocznik Statystyczny 1981'', Główny Urząd Statystyczny, Warszawa 1981. * 1970: 28,100 * 1975: 42,400 (included Międzyzdroje) * 1980: 47,100 * 1990: 43,300 (disconnected Międzyzdroje) * 1995: 43,361Official website o
Świnoujście
''O mieście'' -> ''Świnoujście w liczbach'' * 2000 - 43 697 * 2001 - 43 351 * 2002 - 41 542 * 2003: 41,188 * 2004: 41,098 * 2005: 40,993 * 2006: 41,100 * 2007 - 40 871 * 2008 - 40 829 * 2009 - 40 765 * 2010 - 40 759 * 2012 - 41 516

Infrastructure

Transport

The town is located on both banks of the river Świna, and since there is no road connection across it, transport is provided by regular ferries. Because the west section is otherwise wholly disconnected from the rest of Poland, this service is free of charge. Under current plans, a road tunnel will be built under the river. The construction contract for it was signed in September 2018, with completion planned for September, 2022. Świnoujście has the largest and most modern ferry terminal in Poland, with regular connections to Denmark and Sweden. The city lies at the northern terminus of Polish National Route 3 (DK3, in the future express road S3), which is, in turn, part of the

European route E65 European route E65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chania, Greece. The road is about in length. Route * **: Malmö ( ) – Ystad *Gap ( Baltic Sea) ** Ystad - Świnoujście * ** ...

running across Europe from Sweden to Greece. Świnoujście has four

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

stations on the eastern bank of the Świna, on Wolin island, with regular regional connections to

and long-distance connections to other cities in Poland (e.g.

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most populo ...

, Bielsko-Biała,

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...

and

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). Land border controls were abolished 21 December 2007, and free automobile traffic to and from Germany was allowed for the first time since 1945, as Poland implemented the Schengen Agreement. From 20 September 2008, the city has a railway connection to its western portion as well, when the

railway line Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the International Union of Railways and English-speaking countries outside the United Sta ...

to Ahlbeck was extended eastward to Świnoujście ("Świnoujście Centrum") giving it a direct link to the German railway network. The nearest airport at Heringsdorf in Germany, west of Świnoujście, will likely become more important for travelling to the city, if it ever acquires year-round scheduled passenger connections; it currently has a number of summer connections to German cities only. The nearest airport with year-round traffic is the Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport, to the southeast in Poland.

Tourist attractions

* The former

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houses the Museum of Deep Sea Fishing. Exhibits include the history of sea fishing, sea animals, the town and its region, and old navigation equipment. * The Angel's Fort, built from 1845 to 1858, is a replica of

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's Mausoleum (

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in Rome). * Concerts and art exhibitions are held at the Western Fort. Built between 1843 and 1863, it has been modernized a few times in the past. From after

until 1962 it was a headquarters of the

. * The 18th Christ the King Church in the centre of the town was erected on the site of a Gothic temple. A wooden ship replica is in the main

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. Organ concerts are presented during the summer. * The Świnoujście Lighthouse, built in 1857, is at 68 m the highest lighthouse in Poland and on the

, and it is also the highest brick lighthouse in the world. * The '' Stawa Młyny'' is a navigation beacon built in the form of a

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on the 19th century breakwater. * The neo-Gothic church of the Holy Mother "Stella Maris" has stained glass windows of great artistic value. It was erected at the end of the 19th century. * The Eastern Fort, or Gerhard's Fort, is one of three preserved forts from the 19th century. It houses the ''Coastal Defense Museum'' ('' Muzeum Obrony Wybrzeża''), with an exhibition which presents the history of the town's forts, as well as objects found there. * The Spa Park ('' Park Zdrojowy'') is a historic public park in the western part of the city. * The "well" is a preserved tower of a Protestant church damaged during World War II and demolished afterwards. * A shelter built in 1942 has the exposition "The town yesterday and now", presenting pictures of the town's history and other exhibits. * The district of

contains an

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established in the first half of 19th century. * The

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church from the 15th century contains an altar from the 15th century and a pulpit from the 17th century. * A monument honours the memory of

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pilots shot down by the Germans while raiding the town in April 1945, located on the

island. *

Karsiborska Kępa Karsiborska Kępa (formerly ) is an island near Świnoujście in north-western Poland. It is also the name of a nature reserve and bird sanctuary on the island. The island is known for being possibly the most important breeding area for the aqua ...

, an island within the city limits, contains a

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with approximately 140 species.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Świnoujście is

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with: * Heringsdorf, Germany since 2007 *

Nordenham Nordenham () is a town in the Wesermarsch district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located at the mouth (on the west bank) of the Weser river on the Butjadingen peninsula on the coast of the North Sea. The seaport city of Bremerhaven is locate ...

, Germany since 1992 * Ostvorpommern, Germany since 1998 * Svetly, Russia since 1993 * Ystad, Sweden since 1990

Districts of Świnoujście

* Przytór *

* Wydrzany * Łunowo * Warszów * Ognica

Sports

Flota Świnoujście Flota Świnoujście () is a Polish professional football club based in Świnoujście, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, that competes in group II of III liga. Flota, as a club, runs three sports sections: soccer, bridge and table tennis. The club also ...

– football club that competes in the lower leagues, but from 2008 to 2015 it played in the I liga (second tier) * Prawobrzeże Świnoujście – football club that competes in the lower leagues * A weekly free 5 km

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takes place in Świnoujście.

Notable residents

* Alfred Ploetz (1860–1940) a German physician, biologist and eugenicist, coined the term racial hygiene *

Georg Kropp Georg Kropp (1 December 1865 – 21 January 1943) was a German journalist and polymath. In 1921, with Mathilde Planck, he co-founded the Gemeinschaft der Freunde (GdF) (''literally: "Society of friends"'') which a few years later became recogni ...

(1865-1943) a German journalist and polymath. He co-founded Germany's first mutual building society *

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Elsa Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven (née Else Hildegard Plötz; (12 July 1874 – 14 December 1927) was a German-born avant-garde visual artist and poet, who was active in Greenwich Village, New York, from 1913 to 1923, where her radical se ...

(1874–1927) a German avant-garde

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ist artist and poet *

Christel Peters Christel Peters (15 January 1916 – 11 June 2009) was a German actress. Biography Peters was born in Swinemünde, Germany (now Świnoujście, Poland) as a child of an actor's family and started to appear on a stage in the age of four. P ...

(1916–2009) a German actress *

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(1918–1945) a German

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fighter ace * Hans-Werner Grosse (1922-2021) a German record-breaking glider pilot &

pilot * Gisela Stein (1935–2009) a German actress * Hans Jürgen Todt (born 1937) a German modern pentathlete, competed at the

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* Konrad Kwiet (born 1941) a historian and scholar of the Holocaust * Jerzy Hausner (born 1949) a Polish politician, economist and member of the 4th

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* Andrzej Smolik (born 1970) a Polish musician, composer, music producer and multi-instrumentalist *

Anna Harkowska Anna Harkowska (; born 20 March 1980) is a Polish cyclist. At the age of 14, she won two gold medals in the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics as a swimmer, however an ear infection left her unable to continue. She later trained in running and took up ...

(born 1980) a Polish cyclist, competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics as a swimmer, and as a cyclist at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

, where she won three silver medals. * Michał Ruciak (born 1983) a Polish volleyball player, national volleyball team member

Cities and towns near Świnoujście

(Poland) * Międzyzdroje (Poland) * Kamień Pomorski (Poland) * Nowe Warpno (Poland) * Ueckermünde (Germany) * Ahlbeck (Germany)

References

External links

Official website of Świnoujście
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinoujscie Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Port cities and towns in Poland Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea City counties of Poland Spa towns in Poland