Skolwin is a municipal neighbourhood of the city of

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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situated on the left bank of the

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, north of Szczecin Old Town and Middle Town, and south of the town of

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. As of January 2011, it had a population of 3,265. Before 1945, when Szczecin (then ''Stettin'') was a part of Germany, the German name of this suburb was ''Stettin-Odermunde''. In Skolwin, there is a power line crossing of the Odra river, which is part of 220 kV powerline Police-Morzyczyn. The

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club Świt Szczecin is based in Skolwin.

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