Police, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Coordinates: 53°32′N 14°34′E / 53.533°N 14.567°E / 53.533; 14.567
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.
Police
Saints Peter and Paul Gothic Church in Police-Jasienica
Saints Peter and Paul Gothic Church in Police-Jasienica
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
72-009, 72-010, 72-011
Vehicle registrationZPL
Voivodeship road
Websitewww.police.pl

Police (Polish:

agglomeration
.

The town is situated on the

Oder River and its estuary, south of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Bay of Pomerania. The centre of Police is situated about 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of the centre of Szczecin
.

Etymology

The name of the town comes from

Proto-Slavic pole, which means field.[1]

History

Plaque commemorating the granting of town rights in 1260

The settlement was first mentioned in 1243.

Stettin (now Szczecin),[4]
hindering its growth until the mid-18th century.

Nearby

partitioned the duchy into a western and eastern part (Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin) in 1569.[5]

From the

Groß-Stettin.[6]

German synthetic fuel factory

In 1937, the

Oder River serving as a camp (Umschulungslager Bremerhaven). In addition, a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp
was located in Pölitz.

During

Oil Campaign from late April 1943 onward, leading to 70% of the town being destroyed.[3][6]

Post–World War II

Mścięcino Park near the municipal border between Szczecin and Police

The city with the plant was captured by the Soviet Union's

USSR.[9]

Gradually, the area without the plant was given to Poland: Mścięcino on 7 September 1946, and Police with Jasienica on 19 September. On 25 February 1947 the plant also passed to Polish control. As a result, the Soviet Union allowed Polish annexations of German land west of the river Odra, beyond the border as agreed on the Potsdam Conference.[10]

population that had fled or were forcibly expelled. They were joined by refugees from Greece and Yugoslav Macedonia
in 1953.

The ruins of the plant still remain standing, though they are not secured and are dangerous to visit.

A large chemical plant (Zakłady Chemiczne "Police") was built in the town in 1969 and has grown since to become one of the largest in Poland. It produces mostly titanium dioxide pigments and nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers.

Police was in the Szczecin Voivodeship from 1946 to 1998. Since 1999 the town has been part of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Districts

Wyszyńskiego Street in the New Town

Sights

Gothic chapel

Notable buildings from the pre-WW2 era:

The tourist and cultural information office is localised in The Gothic Chapel in Bolesław Chrobry Square in The Old Town of Police

Geography and nature

Oder in Police

Police is situated on the

Ueckermünder Heide (Polish: Puszcza Wkrzańska) with the Świdwie Nature Reserve around Lake Świdwie near Tanowo and Dobra
.

A

Daubenton's Bat, Natterer's bat, Brown long-eared bat
).

Further information: Policki Nurt

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17401,000—    
18161,313+31.3%
18502,500+90.4%
18713,871+54.8%
18804,146+7.1%
18904,009−3.3%
19004,415+10.1%
19104,149−6.0%
19254,963+19.6%
19396,323+27.4%
19608,894+40.7%
197012,800+43.9%
198024,800+93.8%
199034,400+38.7%
200035,000+1.7%
201033,951−3.0%
Source: [11][3][12][13]

Infrastructure

Port of Police

Major roads under state control connect Police to Trzebież and Nowe Warpno, No. 114; to Tanowo, No. 114; and to Szczecin over Przęsocin.

Main streets in Police include: ul. Tanowska, ul. Bankowa, ul. Grunwaldzka, ul. Kościuszki, ul. Jasienicka, ul. Dworcowa, ul. Piastów, ul. Wojska Polskiego, ul. Asfaltowa, ul. Cisowa, ul. Piłsudskiego, and ul. Wyszyńskiego.

  • Railway:
  • Harbours
    :
  • Harbour
  • Harbour

Culture and sport

Public Library of Police County in Police

Hospital

A clinic hospital in Police (Siedlecka Street, The New Town, Osiedle Gryfitów) is a part of The

Pomeranian Medical University
.

Notable residents

Major corporations

Twinning cities

The

sister cities of Police are:[14]

Towns near Police

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwy miast Polski (Names of towns of Poland), Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1980, pg. 189
  2. ISBN 3-412-01586-5
    : "Die deutsche Stadt Pölitz war 1260 von Barnim I. gegründet..."
  3. ^ a b c Thomas Gallien, Reno Stutz, Geschichtswerkstatt Rostock, Landesheimatverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landeskundlich-historisches Lexikon Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hinstorff, 2007, p.503
  4. ^
    ISBN 3-17-018152-1
  5. ISBN 3-486-57839-1
  6. ^
    ISBN 3-8083-1164-9
  7. ISBN 3-406-50276-8
  8. ISBN 3-406-50276-8
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-83-906184-8-7
  10. ^ Michael A. Hartenstein (1997). Die Oder-Neisse-Linie: Geschichte der Aufrichtung und Anerkennung einer problematischen Grenze. Hänsel-Hohenhausen. p. 100.
  11. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 39.
  12. ^ Rocznik Statystyczny 1981, Główny Urząd Statystyczny, Warszawa 1981, Rok XLI
  13. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  14. ^ "Miasta partnerskie" (in Polish). bip.police.pl. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  15. ^ http://www.slagelse.dk/media/8605243/nordiske-venskabsbyer.pdf [bare URL PDF]

External links

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