Dąbie (, ''Altdamm'', or ''Stettin-Altdamm'') is a former town and current municipal neighbourhood of the city of

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 la ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, situated on the Płonia river, on the south coast of Dąbie Lake, on the right bank of

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, 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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), ''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

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in Kołbacz. In the following years Dąbie became the

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for

and main trading post for the rich Cistercian land properties. In 1249 duke

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established a ducal municipality next to the village, and granted it autonomy under

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in 1260, changed to Lübeck rights in 1293. During

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camp was erected there. On 20 March 1945, Altdamm was captured by troops of the

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of the

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in the course of the East Pomeranian offensive.Освобождение городов
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in 1945 as a result of the

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. Dąbie was eventually incorporated into

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 Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) 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 seaport, the largest city of northwestern Poland, and se ...

City * 1826–1939 - separate town in Randow County * 1939–1945 - part of Stettin City * 1945–1948 - separate town in

Gryfino County __NOTOC__ Gryfino County () 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 of the Polish local go ...

* after 1948 - part of

City

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dabie Neighbourhoods of Szczecin Former towns in Poland