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Szczecin
Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the largest city of northwestern Poland, and seventh-largest city of Poland. the population was 391,566. Szczecin is located on the Oder River, south of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Bay of Pomerania. The city is situated along the southwestern shore of Dąbie Lake, on both sides of the Oder and on several large islands between the western and eastern branches of the river. It is also surrounded by dense forests, shrubland and heaths, chiefly the Ueckermünde Heath, Wkrzańska Heath shared with Germany (Ueckermünde) and the Szczecin Landscape Park. Szczecin is adjacent to the Police, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, town of Police and is the urban centre of the Szczecin agglomeration, an extended metropolitan area that includes communities in the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people. It was established on 1 January 1999, out of the former Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998), Szczecin and Koszalin Voivodeship (1975–1998), Koszalin Voivodeships and parts of Gorzów Voivodeship, Gorzów, Piła Voivodeship, Piła and Słupsk Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the Germany, German States of Germany, federal-states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Brandenburg to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north.Ustawa z dnia 24 lipca 1998 r. o wprowadzeniu zasadniczego trójstopniowego podziału terytorialnego państwa (Dz.U. z 1998 r. nr 96, poz. 603). Geography and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Krzystek
Piotr Tomasz Krzystek (born 5 February 1973) is a Polish jurist and politician. He has been the mayor of Szczecin since 2006. Biography Piotr Krzystek was born on 5 February 1973, in Szczecin, Poland. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin. In 1998, he began working in city administration as the deputy inspector in the Szczecin City Hall. In May 1998, he became the deputy director of the Health Department of the Szczecin Voivodeship Office in Szczecin. From 1 January 1999 to 31 March 2002, he was the general director of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Office in Szczecin. He led the team which implemented the 1999 administrative reform. From 26 November 2002 to 23 August 2004, he was the deputy mayor of Szczecin. After leaving the office, he became a counsel in the law firm Kancelaria Radców Prawnych Jankowski & Krzystek. From 2004 to 2007, he was the chairperson of the Association of Polish Municipalities of the Pomerania Eurore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Town Hall, Szczecin
The Old Town Hall (; ; ) is a historic Gothic architecture, Gothic and Baroque architecture, Baroque town hall building in Szczecin, Poland. It is located at 8 Księcia Mściwoja II Street, next to the Hay Market Square (Szczecin), Hay Market Square and the New Market Square, within the Old Town, Szczecin, Old Town neighbourhood of the Śródmieście, Szczecin, Downtown district. The building was constructed in the 15th century and served as the seat of the municipal government until 1897. It was destroyed in 1944, and rebuilt in 1975. Currently it houses the Szczecin History Museum, a branch of the Szczecin National Museum. History The Gothic architecture, Gothic town hall was erected in the 15th century at the corner of the Hay Market Square (Szczecin), Hay Market Square. It was built in place of a wooden building from the 13th century, which housed the city council, courtroom, trade hall, and a jail.Roman Pawlak: ''Polska – Zabytkowe ratusze''. Warsaaw: Sport i Turystyka MU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szczecin Philharmonic
Szczecin Philharmonic, officially Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic (), founded in 1948, is a philharmonic of the city of Szczecin, Poland.Szczecin Philharmonic, homepage. In 2015, the new building of the philharmonic was awarded the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. History The first concert under the direction of Felicjan Lasota took place in October 25, 1948. In 1958 the Philharmonic was named after the renowned Polish classical |
Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport
Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport ( Polish: ''Port Lotniczy Szczecin–Goleniów im. NSZZ Solidarność'') is the main domestic and international airport serving the city of Szczecin in Poland and is located northeast of the city, near the town of Goleniów, in the village of Glewice. About 1.6 million residents live within its catchment area. History Early years The airport was constructed between 1953 and 1956 at the height of the Cold War, east of Goleniów. It was constructed as a standard military airport with a runway and basic airport infrastructure (hangars, air traffic control tower, etc.). In 1967, the civilian airport at Dąbie was relocated to the site and named ''Port Lotniczy Szczecin–Goleniów''. In 1976–77, the runway was extended to and a new passenger terminal was constructed. Development since the 1990s Works to improve the runway and the main apron were undertaken in 1998. The airport's electricity supply together with the runway and approa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum In Szczecin
The National Museum in Szczecin () is a national museum in Szczecin, Poland, established on 1 August 1945. The museum features ancient and modern art, archaeological, historical, numismatic, nautical and ethnographic collections and is divided into six branches, five located in Szczecin and one in Gryfice. Departments The six branches are: *Main Building of the Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Wały Chrobrego 3 – Maritime Museum *Szczecin's History Museum, Old Town Hall, Księcia Mściwoja II 8 *Museum of Regional Traditions, Staromłyńska 27 *Museum of Contemporary Art, Palace of the Heads, Staromłyńska 1 *Dialogue Center "Breakthroughs" (Polish: ''Centrum Dialogu „Przełomy”''), Solidarności 1 Square *Narrow Gauge Railway Exhibition in Gryfice Town hall in Szczecin, September 2022 02.jpg, Szczecin's History Museum Wik 22 Szczecin Pałac Sejmu Stanów Pomorskich.jpg, Museum of Regional Traditions 13 Muz.1.JPG, Museum of Contemporary Art Directors *Lech Krzekotowski (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szczecin Cathedral
The St. James the Apostle Archcathedral Basilica (; ) is a Gothic cathedral located in Szczecin, Poland and seat of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. Built in the 12th-14th centuries, it is the second tallest church in Poland, the largest church in the region of Western Pomerania, and one of the most distinctive landmarks of the Szczecin Old Town. History The church was established in 1187 and the Romanesque-style building was completed in the 14th century. The church was built by the citizens of the city and modeled after the Church of St. Mary in Lübeck. In ca. 1220 Pomeranian Duke Bogislaw II was buried in the cathedral. One of its two towers collapsed during a storm in 1456 and destroyed part of the church. Reconstruction lasted until 1503 and the entire church was remodelled based on a single-tower hall church design. After the Reformation, it was part of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church. The church was destroyed again in 1677 during the Scanian War and rebuilt b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Town Hall (Szczecin)
The Red Town Hall (; ), also known as the New Town Hall (; ), is a historic Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival town hall building in Szczecin, Poland. It is placed at 4 Stephen Báthory Square, within the New Town, Szczecin, New Town neighbourhood of the Śródmieście, Szczecin, Downtown district. It was designed by Konrad Kruhl, and opened in 1897, as the seat of municipal government. It was burned down in 1945, and rebuilt in 1963, now housing the local maritime administration. History It was designed by Konrad Kruhl in the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival style, as a new seat of municipal government of Szczecin (then ''Stettin''), after its old building, the Old Town Hall (Szczecin), Old Town Hall, was deemed inadequate in size for the modern needs. The construction begun on 2 September 1875, and it was opened on 10 January 1879. Inside was installed a sculpture of the coat of arms of Szczecin, city coat of arms, dating to 1659, moved from the Old Town H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oder River
The Oder ( ; Czech and ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and its largest tributary the Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming of the border between Poland and Germany as part of the Oder–Neisse line. The river ultimately flows into the Szczecin Lagoon north of Szczecin and then into three branches (the Dziwna, Świna and Peene) that empty into the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea. Names The Oder is known by several names in different languages, but the modern ones are very similar: English and ; Czech, Polish, and , ; (); ; Medieval Latin: ''Od(d)era''; Renaissance Latin: ''Viadrus'' (invented in 1534). The origin of this name is said by onomastician Jürgen Udolph to come from the Illyrian word ''*Adra'' (“water vein”). Ptolemy knew the modern Oder as the Συήβος (''Suebos''; Latin ''Suevus''), a name apparentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace Of The Pomeranian Landowners
The Palace of the Pomeranian Landowners (), also known as the General Landscape Administration of Pomerania Building (), is a historical Baroque Revival palace in Szczecin, Poland, located at 40 Independence Avenue in the neighbourhood of Centrum. It was designed by Emil Drews, and constructed between 1893 and 1895, as the headquarters of the General Landscape Administration of Pomerania and the Pomeranian Rural Bank. Since 2016, it houses the Faculty of Music of the Szczecin Art Academy. History The building was designed by Szczecin-based architect Emil Drews in the Baroque Revival style. It was constructed between 1883 and 1895, in place of the Royal Bastion, which was part of the city fortifications. The building became headquarters of the General Landscape Administration of Pomerania (), an organization of the wealthy landowners of the Province of Pomerania. It also housed the Pomeranian Rural Bank (), a mortgage bank run by the organization.''Przewodnik po Szczecinie' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szczecin Voivodeship Office
Szczecin Voivodeship Office is a historic administrative building, opened in 1911 and located at the Chrobry Embankment in the city of Szczecin, Poland. History The main designer was Berlin architect Paul Kieschke. After his death in 1905, Paul Lehmgrübner continued the project and supervised the construction. Work began in 1906 on a 12860 m2 site, purchased for 392,000 marks. Because of the site's topography and the remnants of Fort Leopold, which had previously occupied the location, construction was preceded by large-scale earthworks. These included, among others, the construction of a moat bridge, the replacement of peat substrate, and drainage works. The building was built on the powerful, concrete foundations in places reaching 11 m below street level. The result of nearly six years of ongoing construction work was a monumental complex of three buildings connected by a common, richly decorated facade. The style belongs to German Historicism, emphasizing in particula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivodeships Of Poland
A voivodeship ( ; ; plural: ) is the highest-level Administrative divisions of Poland, administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly translated into English as "province". The administrative divisions of Poland, Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, which went into effect on 1 January 1999, reduced the number of voivodeships to sixteen. These 16 replaced the 49 subdivisions of the Polish People's Republic, former voivodeships that had existed from 1 July 1975, and bear a greater resemblance (in territory, but not in name) to the voivodeships that existed between 1950 and 1975. Today's voivodeships are mostly named after historical and geographical regions, while those prior to 1998 generally took their names from the cities on which they were centered. The new units range in area from under (Opole Voivodeship) to over (Masovian Voivodeship), and in population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
