Wały Chrobrego, Szczecin - panoramio (1)

Chrobry Embankment (

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: ''Wały Chrobrego''), previously known as Haken Terrace (

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: ''Hakenterrasse'';

: ''Taras Hakena'', ''Tarasy Hakena''), is an observation deck in

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 ...

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. Located on an escarpment along the

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river, it is 500 metre (546.8 yard) long and, together with the

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, Ducal Castle and Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle, it forms an urban and architectural plan. It was designed and constructed under the supervision of Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau between 1902 and 1921. It was commissioned by the city mayor,

Hermann Haken Hermann Haken (born 12 July 1927) is physicist and professor emeritus in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart. He is known as the founder of synergetics. He is a cousin of the mathematician Wolfgang Haken, who proved the Four ...

, after whom it was originally named following his death. After the city was transferred to

at the end of

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, the observation deck was renamed after

Bolesław I the Brave Bolesław I the Brave ; cs, Boleslav Chrabrý; la, Boleslaus I rex Poloniae (17 June 1025), less often known as Bolesław the Great, was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025, and the first King of Poland in 1025. He was also Duke of Bohemia betw ...

, a duke of the

Duchy of Poland Civitas Schinesghe () is the first recorded name related to Poland as a political entity (the name is a Latinization of or , "ducal gords") first attested in 991/2. The original deed is missing, but is mentioned in an 11th-century papal regest ...

and later a king of the Kingdom of Poland, known in

as ''Bolesław Chrobry''.

References

Bibliography

* ''Encyklopedia Szczecina'', 2nd volume, University of Szczecin, 2000, pages 585–587. . (in

) * ''Szczecin – Łasztownia'', N-33-90-C-a-4, Główny Geodeta Kraju,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, 2002, page 1, series: Mapa topograficzna Polski 1:10 000. . (in

) * NID
Register of immovable monuments
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