Nowe Warpno (; formerly german: Neuwarp) is a historic town in northwestern

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 ...

, within

Police County __NOTOC__ Police County ( pl, powiat policki, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Polish- German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a re ...

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 lies on the shore of the

Szczecin Lagoon Szczecin Lagoon ( pl, Zalew Szczeciński, german: Stettiner Haff, since 1945 sometimes also ''Oderhaff'' (Oder lagoon) or ''Pommersches Haff'' (Pomeranian lagoon)) is a lagoon in the Oder estuary, shared by Germany and Poland. It is separated f ...

, at the border with

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. It is the seat of the urban-rural

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called Gmina Nowe Warpno. The town, located in the historic

Western Pomerania Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (german: Vorpommern), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, West ...

, is known for its lagoon marina, a seventeenth-century

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town hall and old core. The town's population is 1,170 (according to figures for 2006). The rural part of its gmina has the lowest

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of any such division in Poland, with only 2.09 persons/km²; the town's density (48.8/km²) raises the overall population density of the gmina to 7.88/km², still the fourth lowest in Poland. 0906 Port Nowe Warpno ZPL 1

The town is on the inlet of Neuwarp Bay on the southern shore of the Szczecin Lagoon. Across an 800 m wide strait lies the village of

Altwarp Altwarp is a municipality located in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, on the border with Poland. It has about 500 inhabitants and is located on the Bay of Neuwarp (german: Neuwarper See) opposite the Polish town of Nowe Warpno Nowe ...

in the German part 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 ...

. (''Alt'' and ''Neu'' mean "old" and "new" in German; in Polish ''Nowe'' also means "new".) A small uninhabited island being part of Nowe Warpno lies only 70 m off the coast of Altwarp. A ferry runs between Nowe Warpno and Altwarp (Stare Warpno) across the German border. There used to be a

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on board, but this ended when Poland joined the European Union. Nearby Podgrodzie is in Nowe Warpno district (in the past it was a separate locality). It lies on a picturesque headland with several vacation centres. Nowe Warpno is a popular destination for regional tourism, and international tourists, mainly from

. Available accommodation in the town includes a resort, a marina, camping, a guest house, and rooms in private homes.

Twinning cities

The sister cities of Nowe Warpno are: *

Ueckermünde Ueckermünde () is a seaport town in northeast Germany, located in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, Western Pomerania, near Germany's border with Poland's Police County. Ueckermünde has a long and varied history, going back to its fo ...

, Germany *

Sande, Lower Saxony Sande is a municipality in the district of Friesland, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Jade Bight, approximately west of Wilhelmshaven, and southeast of Jever Jever () is the capital of the district of Friesland in Lower Saxon ...

Towns and cities near Nowe Warpno

* Police, Poland *

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) *

Eggesin Eggesin (; csb, Chëczëno) is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker, 7 km southeast of Ueckermünde, and 42 km northwest of Szczecin. T ...

(Germany) *

Torgelow Torgelow () is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker The Uecker () or Ucker is a river in the northeastern German states of ...

(Germany) *

Pasewalk Pasewalk () is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. Located on the Uecker river, it is the capital of the former Uecker-Randow district, and the seat of the Uecker-Randow-Tal '' Amt'' ...

(Germany)

References

External links

Official town website
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