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Bagicz and Ustronie Morskie: a princess's grave, a 1935 airfield and bunkers in the forests Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Bagicz and Ustronie Morskie: a princess's grave, a 1935 airfield and bunkers in the forests
Bagicz is a village whose residents were expelled in 1935 to make way for an airfield, which the Red Army occupied after 1945 until 1992. Graves of the Wielbark culture were found in the cliff and forest below the village, and fortifications from the 1950s survive in the forests near Ustronie Morskie.
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The Pomeranian Wall as a fortification: construction in 1932-1937, types of bunkers and museums along the line Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
The Pomeranian Wall as a fortification: construction in 1932-1937, types of bunkers and museums along the line
A belt of German fortifications from the 1930s, running through the Wałcz and Drawsko Lakelands to Szczecinek. The article describes the construction, the types of bunkers, the breaking of the line in 1945 and the museums that tell its story today.
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How Wolin was investigated: from Steffen and Virchow to Filipowiak's underwater excavations Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
How Wolin was investigated: from Steffen and Virchow to Filipowiak's underwater excavations
Wolin has been investigated since 1827: from Steffen's first survey and Virchow's work, through the German search for Vineta in the 1930s, to the Polish excavations of Władysław Filipowiak, including underwater ones.
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Wolin in the 10th century: what the chroniclers wrote about the emporium and what the excavations confirmed Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Wolin in the 10th century: what the chroniclers wrote about the emporium and what the excavations confirmed
Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Thietmar and Adam of Bremen described Wolin as a great port city. This text sets their accounts beside the results of excavations and shows where estimates of the number of inhabitants come from and where the chroniclers say more than the archaeologists.
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Zalesie: the V-3 launch sites and the bunker that is now a museum Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Zalesie: the V-3 launch sites and the bunker that is now a museum
In Zalesie on Wolin, remains of a German experimental proving ground from the Second World War, linked to the V-3 weapon, have survived. A museum now operates in the bunker that once stored the projectiles. The dates and the type of weapon tested are described inconsistently.
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The castle of the Bishops of Kamień in Karlino and other seats of the Bishops of Kamień Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
The castle of the Bishops of Kamień in Karlino and other seats of the Bishops of Kamień
The Bishops of Kamień ruled from several places: Karlino, Golczewo, Kamień Pomorski and Koszalin. The text gathers what the sources say about each seat and shows the discrepancy between the dates 1370 and 1372 for the move of the seat to Karlino.
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Drahim Castle: the Hospitallers on the isthmus between lakes Drawsko and Żerdno Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Drahim Castle: the Hospitallers on the isthmus between lakes Drawsko and Żerdno
Drahim Castle in Stare Drawsko was built by the Knights Hospitaller in 1360-1366 on a narrow isthmus between lakes Drawsko and Żerdno. After the starosts and a fire in the mid-18th century, ruins remain, with fragments of walls and a courtyard.
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Swobnica: the Hospitaller castle from the commandery of 1382 to its takeover by the municipality Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Swobnica: the Hospitaller castle from the commandery of 1382 to its takeover by the municipality
The castle on Lake Grodziskie was built by the Knights Hospitaller in 1377-1382. After the Order came the Hohenzollerns, a Baroque rebuilding in 1730, a state farm and ruin, and in 2011 the Banie municipality took over the castle. We give the dates with the name of the source, together with the discrepancies.
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Residences of Pomeranian noble families: the Podewils at Krąg, the Wedels at Tuczno, the Borcks at Resko Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Residences of Pomeranian noble families: the Podewils at Krąg, the Wedels at Tuczno, the Borcks at Resko
Krąg, Tuczno, Resko, Płoty and Pęzino are castles that belonged to Pomeranian noble families for centuries. Some have been rebuilt as hotels and creative-work houses, others have become ruins or house a library and an office.
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Poland's Wedding to the Sea in 1945: three places, three dates and the monument in Kołobrzeg Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Poland's Wedding to the Sea in 1945: three places, three dates and the monument in Kołobrzeg
In March 1945 the Wedding to the Sea was held three times on the coast: in Dziwnówek, Mrzeżyno and Kołobrzeg. The text sets out the dates given in the sources, describes the battle for Kołobrzeg and the monument unveiled in 1963, and covers the differing versions of where the ceremony took place.
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Złocieniec: the castle ruins and the Nazi Ordensburg Krössinsee training centre (1934-1945) Historia Pomorza Zachodniego
Złocieniec: the castle ruins and the Nazi Ordensburg Krössinsee training centre (1934-1945)
Złocieniec, formerly Falkenburg, has the ruins of the castle of the Wedel and Borcke families on the Drawa and the remains of Ordensburg Krössinsee, a German Nazi training centre for NSDAP cadres from 1934-1945. The text describes the history of both places and what they are today.
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