Dąbie (formerly , ''Altdamm'', or ''Stettin-Altdamm'') is a former town and current municipal neighbourhood of the city of
Szczecin in
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 populou ...
, situated on the
Płonia river, on the south coast of
Dąbie Lake, on the right bank of
Oder river, east of the
Szczecin Old Town and
Middle Town. As of January 2011 it had a population of 13,275.
Dąbie name
The name of Dąbie is of
Slavonic origin and comes from the words like ''dąb'' (
English
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Oak
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), ''dąbie'', ''dębina'' (English: Oak Forest).
The early Latin documents show the name as: 1121 Vadam, 1174 Dam, 1157 Dambe, 1179 Damba, 1242 Dambe, 14th century Damnis, and in German documents as: Damn, later Alt Damn (old Dąbie). Before 1945 when Stettin was a part of Germany, the German name of this suburb was ''Stettin-Altdamm''. In 1945 the Polish name was temporarily: Dąb, Dąb Stary and later fixed to Dąbie, based on the earliest documents.
History
In the early 10th century a settlement of the Pomeranians, destroyed in 1121 in the war between
Bolesław III of Poland with the Pomeranians. The village was rebuilt and in 1176 it was awarded by duke
Warcislaw II to the
Cistercian monastery
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in
Kołbacz
Kołbacz (german: Kolbatz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Czarnowo, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Stare Czarnowo, east of Gryfino, a ...
. In the following years Dąbie became the
bridgehead
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for
Szczecin and main trading post for the rich Cistercian land properties.
In 1249 duke
Barnim I established a ducal municipality next to the village, and granted it autonomy under
Magdeburg rights
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in 1260, changed to
Lübeck rights
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in 1293.
During
World War II
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a
POW camp was erected there. On 20 March 1945, Altdamm was captured by troops of the
1st Belorussian Front
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of the
Red Army
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in the course of the
East Pomeranian offensive.
Освобождение городов
/ref> It became part of Poland
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in 1945 as a result of the Potsdam Agreement. Dąbie was eventually incorporated into Szczecin on 29 April 1948.
People
* Friedrich Gilly
Friedrich David Gilly (16 February 1772 – 3 August 1800) was a German architect and the son of the architect David Gilly. His works are influenced by revolutionary architecture (''Revolutionsarchitektur''). Born in Altdamm, Pomerania, (today ...
(1772-1800), German architect
* Carl Teike (1864-1922), German composer
* Hilde Radusch (1903-1994), German political activist
Administrative divisions
* 1249–1816 - separate town
* 1816–1826 - part of Stettin City
* 1826–1939 - separate town in Randow County
* 1939–1945 - part of Stettin City
* 1945–1948 - separate town in Gryfino County
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Gryfino County ( pl, powiat gryfiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result o ...
* after 1948 - part of Szczecin City
References
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Neighbourhoods of Szczecin