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Myślibórz as the capital of the Neumark in 1298-1537 and what remains of it Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Myślibórz as the capital of the Neumark in 1298-1537 and what remains of it
Wikipedia calls Myślibórz the capital of the Neumark in 1298-1537. We check what lies behind this: the collegiate chapter, the margrave's court, walls with 49 towers, and, from the time after the loss of rank, chapels, gates and a lake.
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Otto of Bamberg's Mission 1124-1128: Pyrzyce, Szczecin, Wolin, Kamień Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Otto of Bamberg's Mission 1124-1128: Pyrzyce, Szczecin, Wolin, Kamień
Bishop Otto of Bamberg set out for Pomerania in April 1124. The article follows the route of the first mission, from the baptisms in Pyrzyce to Szczecin, and sets side by side the points on which accounts of the foundations and dates of the second expedition differ.
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Pęzino Castle: the Hospitallers, rebuilding and the fire after a lightning strike in 1935 Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Pęzino Castle: the Hospitallers, rebuilding and the fire after a lightning strike in 1935
Pęzino Castle was built by the Knights Hospitaller at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, and later centuries added Renaissance and Neo-Gothic wings. The fire of 1935 gave the eastern part of the castle its present, uniform appearance.
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Podborsko: shelter no. 17 and the former Soviet nuclear weapons base Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Podborsko: shelter no. 17 and the former Soviet nuclear weapons base
Object 3001 in the forests near Podborsko was one of three Soviet nuclear weapons depots in Poland, built after the agreement between the USSR and the Polish People's Republic of February 1967. The text describes its history, bunkers, garrison and fate after the Soviet troops left.
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Underground City in Świnoujście: a German battery from 1936 and a reserve command post Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Underground City in Świnoujście: a German battery from 1936 and a reserve command post
A Kriegsmarine coastal artillery battery built from 1936, after 1945 converted into a reserve command post, and since 2013 in the care of the Coastal Defence Museum. Wikipedia and the museum give different dates for the conversion and different names for the command.
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Fires That Changed Towns: Nowe Warpno 1692, Chociwel 1492, Dobrzany 1606 and Myślibórz 1539 Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Fires That Changed Towns: Nowe Warpno 1692, Chociwel 1492, Dobrzany 1606 and Myślibórz 1539
Four towns in the region have great fires recorded in their histories. Some were left with new town halls, others with an exodus of inhabitants and years of decline. The article sets out dates and consequences, naming the source of each piece of information.
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Rurka, Swobnica and Chwarszczany: traces of the military orders in the Chojna and Myślibórz lands Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Rurka, Swobnica and Chwarszczany: traces of the military orders in the Chojna and Myślibórz lands
The Templars, and after 1312 the Hospitallers, left a granite chapel in Rurka, a castle by a lake in Swobnica and a Gothic chapel with paintings from around 1400 in Chwarszczany. The dates depend on who gives them, so we attribute each one.
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Stargard after 1945: destruction and rebuilding of the Old Town, and the name Stargard Szczeciński Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Stargard after 1945: destruction and rebuilding of the Old Town, and the name Stargard Szczeciński
In March 1945 Stargard was taken after fighting, and according to Wikipedia its Old Town burned down almost entirely. The text describes the scale of the destruction as the Wikipedia articles give it, the rebuilding of the monuments, and the changes of name: Stargard, Stargard Szczeciński and the return to the original form in 2016.
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Świdwin and Białogard: the Hospitaller Castle, the Stone Gate and the Battle of the Cow of 1469 Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Świdwin and Białogard: the Hospitaller Castle, the Stone Gate and the Battle of the Cow of 1469
Świdwin and Białogard are two towns of the Lakeland that clashed in 1469 in the battle of the cow. A few structures remain from them: the castle on the Rega, the Stone Gate, the High Gate and the cellars of the castle in Białogard.
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Świnoujście after 1945: the naval port, the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla and Soviet troops in the town Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Świnoujście after 1945: the naval port, the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla and Soviet troops in the town
The town after the air raids of 1945, the first Polish residents, the naval port from 1946, the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla of 1965, the Soviet presence until the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, and the border on Uznam. A factual overview with sources given.
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Triglav: what the lives of Otto say and what later legends say about the hidden statue Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Triglav: what the lives of Otto say and what later legends say about the hidden statue
We know of Triglav from three medieval lives of Otto of Bamberg. We set what they write about Szczecin and Wolin beside later legends of a hidden statue and the interpretations of scholars.
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Świnoujście Fortress as a system: four forts, Brese's design and the fate of Fort I Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Świnoujście Fortress as a system: four forts, Brese's design and the fate of Fort I
Świnoujście Fortress is a group of four Prussian forts around the mouth of the Świna, of which three have survived. We set out the numbering of the forts, the construction dates, the role of the designer Brese and the fate of Fort I, and state discrepancies in the accounts plainly.
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