Turzyn 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 ...
,
Poland
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situated on the left bank of
Oder river
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, west of the
Szczecin Old Town and
Middle Town.
[Encyklopedia Szczecina. Tom II, P-Ż. Szczecin: Uniwersytet Szczeciński, 2000, p. 546. (pl)] As of January 2011 it had a population of 20,373.
History
Before 1945 when Stettin was a part of
Germany
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, the German name of this suburb was ''Stettin-Torney''.
[
]Aleksander Wolszczan
Aleksander Wolszczan (born 29 April 1946) is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first confirmed extrasolar planets and pulsar planets.
Early life and education
Wolszczan was born on 29 April 1946 in Szczecinek located in pre ...
attended a school in Turzyn(VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące).
References
Turzyn
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