Unknown History of the German-Polish conflict in 1939
The story as told in Stettin out of print vintage guides in our archives.
Extract from Baedeker Guide in Northern Germany in 1913.
Stettin, the capital of the province of Pomerania and the seat of the 2nd Corps, with 236,000 inhabitants, a garrison of 5,000 troops, originally belonged to the dukes of Pomerania, which became extinct in 1637 and Sweden in 1648 -1720, and has since been Prussian It is a commercial city and the manufacture of high importance, located on the banks of the Oder river, the main part is on the left bank Altstadt, Neustadt and newer suburbs, while on the right bank are the neighborhoods that were once suburban Lastadie and Silberwiese.
The Oder at Stettin 23 feet is deep enough for large ships, and the city has a large fleet of sea vessels and river steamers main exports are sugar, corn, wood, cement, and spirits coal chief imports, iron ore, oil, pavers, french wines and Stettin herring is the largest manufacturing site in Pomerania, commodities are sugar, spirits, ships, machinery and refractory bricks on the right bank of the Oder river is the free shipping, 150 acres in extent, built between 1893 and 1898.
With the exception of an entry Stettin in a British encyclopedia 1914.
STETTIN seaport of Germany, the capital of the Prussian province of Pomerania, on the Oder, 30 miles from the Baltic Sea, 83 miles north of Berlin by rail, and at the junction of lines Stargard- Danzig and Kustrin-Breslau the population in 1905 including the suburbs incorporated was 224,198 the main part of the city occupies a hilly site on the left bank of the river, and is connected by four bridges, including a swing bridge path solid iron, with the suburbs instead of landing Lastadie lastadium and Silberwiese on an island until 1874 Stettin was closely surrounded by very large and strong fortifications, which prevented the expansion of the city, but growth sustained its commerce and manufactures encouraged the foundation of numerous industrial suburbs beyond the line of defense and they will now combine with Stettin to form an industrial and commercial center since the removal of fortifications their site was built on trade Besides its relatively Stettin n town without interest, although his appearance because of its many open spaces and promenades, is very pleasant Among its new evangelical churches of Saint- Pierre, founded in 1124 and restored in 1817, has the distinction of being the oldest Christian church in Pomerania both this and the church of St. Jacques, 14th century, are remarkable for their size three evangelical churches are beautiful new buildings, and there are also churches belonging to Roman Catholics and other religious organizations the old palace, now used as public offices, is a large building, but unattractive, justifying hardly boast a old writer he did not in the same magnificence to Italy's palaces Among the modern buildings are theater, barracks, a large hospital, the new town- hall, replaces a 13th century building, and new government buildings Statues Frederick the Great, Frederick William III and Kaiser Wilhelm I decorate two of the beautiful squares, the Koenigsplatz and Kaiser Wilhelmsplatz other places are the Paradeplatz and the Rathausplatz with a beautiful fountain Two entrance doors, the Königstor and the Berliner Tor, remains of the old fortifications are still standing as a prosperous trade city Stettin has many scientific, educational and charitable institutions.
Stettin, considered the port of Berlin, is one of the main shipbuilding centers of Germany and a place of great commercial and industrial activity in the first place its chief industry, shipbuilding, is taken by Vulcan yard, which builds warships for the German navy the company started in 1851 and today employs approximately 8,000 hands, work spanning 70 acres in 1897 a floating dock was built capable of holding ships of 12,000 tons locomotives, boiler and machinery of all kinds are made in other large institutions other industries are making clothes, cement, bricks, cars, soap, paper, beer, sugar, spirits and cycles most plants and factories are located in the suburbs, mainly Grabow and Bredow's sea-borne trade of Stettin is hardly less important than industry and this rtain many more ships and clear ENTER here than any other German port, with the exception of Hamburg and Bremerhaven Swinemunde serves its external port its Princi pal exports are chemicals, grain, wood, spirits, sugar, herrings and coal, and iron ore imports, chemicals, cereals, oil and coal, a great boost to his business was given by the opening of a free port in 1898 on the east bank of the Oder river in order to further increase the commercial importance of Stettin, it is proposed to build a ship Stettin giving direct communication channel with Berlin a feature of the market life of Stettin is the large number of companies insurance with headquarters in Stettin.
Stettin existed as Wendish settlement in the 9th century, but its first real appearance in history was in the 12th century when it was known as Stedyn From the early 12th century to 1637 it was the residence of the Pomeranian Dukes, one of which, gave municipal rights in 1243 already an important center of commerce, he entered the Hanseatic League in 1360 the Pomeranian dynasty disappeared in 1637, when the country is suffering from the ravages of war thirty years, and Regulation 1648 Stettin, whose fortifications were improved by Gustavus Adolphus, was ceded to Sweden in 1678, he was taken to Sweden by Frederick William, elector of Brandenburg, but was restored in 1679, which, however, to give in Prussia in 1720 by the peace of Stockholm was more strongly fortified by Frederick the Great, but in 1806 he ceded to Napoleon, without any resistance and held by the French until 1813 Stettin was the birthplace e e Empress Catherine II of Russia.
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