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Aviators Square (Szczecin)
The Aviators Square, until 1945 known as the Augusta Square, is an town square, urban square in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the neighbourhood of Centrum, Szczecin, Centrum, within the Śródmieście, Szczecin, Downtown district, and forms a roundabout at the intersection of Pope John Paul II Avenue, Szczecin, Pope John Paul II Avenue, Jagiellońska Street, Kaszubska Street, Małopolska Street, and Mazurska Street. It was opened in the 1890s. History The urban square was constructed in the 1890s, as an recreational area. It has a form of a square at the street intersection, with Pavers (flooring), paver flooring and urban green areas. It was surrounded by tenements.''Encyklopedia Szczecina'', vol. 1: ''A–O''. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 1999, p. 552–553. ISBN 83-87341-45-2. (in Polish) It was named ''Augusta Square'' (German: ''Augustaplatz''; Polish: ''Plac Augusty''), after Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the Queen of Prussia and the first German Empress. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szczecin
Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the largest city of northwestern Poland, and seventh-largest city of Poland. the population was 391,566. Szczecin is located on the Oder River, south of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Bay of Pomerania. The city is situated along the southwestern shore of Dąbie Lake, on both sides of the Oder and on several large islands between the western and eastern branches of the river. It is also surrounded by dense forests, shrubland and heaths, chiefly the Ueckermünde Heath, Wkrzańska Heath shared with Germany (Ueckermünde) and the Szczecin Landscape Park. Szczecin is adjacent to the Police, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, town of Police and is the urban centre of the Szczecin agglomeration, an extended metropolitan area that includes communities in the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
