Mrzeżyno () is a village with a fishing seaport in northwestern
Poland
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, situated near the estuary of the
Rega river, on the coast of the
Baltic Sea
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in the historic region of
Pomerania
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. Administratively it is located in
Gmina Trzebiatów,
Gryfice County
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Gryfice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gov ...
,
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 Janua ...
. It is also a health resort with many pensions, campsites and a spa, and it has a popular
beach
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. It lies approximately north of
Trzebiatów, north of
Gryfice
Gryfice (pronounced ; )". 1880. is a historic town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, with 16,600 inhabitants (2017). It is the capital of Gryfice County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The town is situated approximately 22 kilometres from the B ...
, and north-east of the regional capital
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 ...
.
Every year in July and August, Mrzeżyno is visited by many Polish and German tourists. The right riverside is more developed than left, where there is only one settlement. The population numbers 1,727.
[Załącznik do Uchwały LI/475/10 Rady Miejskiej w Trzebiatowie z dnia 29 października 2010 r. w sprawie zatwierdzenia Planu Odnowy Miejscowości Gorzysław na lata 2010-2017, s. 9.](2009) The village is situated by a special area of the conservation of nature according to the
European Union
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's program
Natura 2000
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.
Mrzeżyno is a garrison of the 36th Air Defense Missile Squadron of the
Polish Air Force
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.
History
The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Following Poland's fragmentation, it formed part of the
Duchy of Pomerania
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, at various times also under
Danish and
Holy Roman Empire
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suzerainty. From the 18th century it was part of the
Kingdom of Prussia
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, and from 1871 it was also part of
Germany
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, within which it was administratively part of the
province of Pomerania. In the 1920s
Lyonel Feininger
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often came to the village to paint and reside.
Following Germany's defeat in
World War II
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in 1945, the area became again part of Poland in accordance to the
Potsdam Conference. The first postwar
Poland's Wedding to the Sea was performed in Mrzeżyno on 17 March 1945.
Sports
The local
football
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club is Orzeł Mrzeżyno. It competes in the lower leagues. It was the first club of
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team () represents Poland in men's international Association football, football competitions since their first match in 1921. It is governed by the Polish Football Association (PZPN), the governing body for football ...
player
Grzegorz Krychowiak
Grzegorz Krychowiak (; born 29 January 1990) is a Polish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Anorthosis Famagusta.
Beginning his senior caree ...
.
Gallery
File:Mrzezyno port.jpg, Sunset on estuary of the Rega river
File:Mrzezyno Church SSE 2011-03.jpg, St. Peter and St. Paul Church
File:Mrzezyno Przystan jachtowa 2007-08.jpg, Marina in Mrzeżyno seaport
File:Zaslubiny z morzem w mrzezynie.jpg, Poland's Wedding to the Sea monument
References
External links
Safety of Navigation Office about the seaport (in Polish with good maps and photos)
{{Authority control
Villages in Gryfice County
Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea
Port cities and towns in Poland