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'''Świnoujście''' ([[German language|German]] name '''Swinemünde''') is a town in [[Pomerania]], north-western [[Poland]], situated on the islands of Usedom, where a small part of it is called [[Uznam]] and [[Wolin]] (Wollin) with 43,200 inhabitants (1995). It is also a county-status town in the [[West Pomeranian Voivodship]] (since 1999), and was previously in the [[Szczecin Voivodship]] (1975–1998). |
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Świnoujście is divided by the [[Swina]], a waterway connection between [[Szczecin]] and the [[Baltic Sea]]. |
Świnoujście is divided by the [[Swina]], a waterway connection between [[Szczecin]] and the [[Baltic Sea]]. |
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Revision as of 18:59, 14 February 2004
Świnoujście (German name Swinemünde) is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, situated on the islands of Usedom, where a small part of it is called Uznam and Wolin (Wollin) with 43,200 inhabitants (1995). It is also a county-status town in the West Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), and was previously in the Szczecin Voivodship (1975–1998).
Świnoujście is divided by the Swina, a waterway connection between Szczecin and the Baltic Sea.
Swinemünde was established after 1740 by Prussia as a new port, and has been a seaside resort since the beginning of the 19th century. On March 12, 1945, Swinemünde suffered heavy destructions by US bombing. At least 23,000 people died, mainly refugees from East Prussia and from surrounding areas. US bombers specifically targeted Swinemünde because of the great number of refugees that had fled there. It was annexed into Poland and renamed Świnoujście after 1945, and as such is part of the German land lost east of the Oder-Neisse line.
Population
1960: 17,000 inbabitants
1970: 28,100 inbabitants
1975: 42,400 inbabitants
1980: 47,100 inbabitants
1990: 43,300 inbabitants
1995: 43,200 inbabitants