Szczecin

Szczecin (German: Stettin) is a large city in Poland in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. As of 2005, 411,119 people live there. The city is on the river Odra (German: Oder), near the border to Germany. It is one of the largest sea ports on the Baltic. It is the historical capital of the German province of Pomerania. Szczecin has got one of the biggest harbours on the Baltic Sea.

Szczecin

Western Facade of St. Jacobs Cathedral in Szczecin

Hay Market in Szczecin

An important building near the river Oder

Flag

Coat of arms

Szczecin borders with Police, a district town at the Oder River.

Sister cities

Bremerhaven in Germany Rostock in Germany Dalian in People's Republic of China Esbjerg in Denmark [1] Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Germany Lübeck in Germany

Kingston upon Hull in United Kingdom[2] Malmö in Sweden[3] Murmansk in Russia St. Louis, Missouri in United States[4] Klaipėda in Lithuania Greifswald, Germany[5]

References

1. esbjergkommune.dk accessed Feb-2008
2. "Guide to Hull Humberside and general Hull information". city-visitor.com. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
3. "Malmö stads vänortssamarbete" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
4. "St. Louis Sister Cities". St. Louis Center for International Relations. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
5. Greifswald.de (in German)