Podjuchy is a municipal neighborhood of the city of

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 la ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

situated on the right bank of the

East Oder river East Oder () is the eastern arm of the lower Oder near Szczecin, Poland. It flows through Skośnica canal into West Oder and through Regalica into Dąbie Lake in the delta of the Oder river. The river flows through the Lower Oder Valley forming, ...

, south-east of the Szczecin Old Town, and south-west of Szczecin-Dąbie. The area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler

Mieszko I Mieszko I (; – 25 May 992) was Duchy of Poland (966–1025), Duke of Poland from 960 until his death in 992 and the founder of the first unified History of Poland, Polish state, the Civitas Schinesghe. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was t ...

around 967, and following Poland's fragmentation it formed part of the

Duchy of Pomerania The Duchy of Pomerania (; ; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country existed in the Middle Ages between years 1121–11 ...

. During the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

, the settlement fell to the

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. Later on, it passed to

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, and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of

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, within which it was known as ''Podejuch''.

Gallery

File:Szczecin Podjuchy osiedle SM Dab.jpg, Neighbourhood S.M. "Dąb" File:Szczecin Podjuchy plac Wolnosci.jpg, Wolności Square with the Saint Peter and Paul Church File:Szczecin Podjuchy ul Cynowa.jpg, Cynowa Street with Bukowa Forest File:Szczecin Podjuchy szkola ul Skalista.jpg, School at Skalista Street (a former casino) File:Szczecin Podjuchy ul Metalowa.jpg, Polish Army barracks at the Metalowa Street File:Szczecin Podjuchy ul Niklowa.jpg, Villa at the Niklowa Street File:Szczecin Podjuchy ul Granitowa rog Marmurowa.jpg, A shop at the Granitowa Street File:Szczecin Podjuchy pomnik Walczaka.jpg, Marian Walczak Monument

Notable residents

* Manfred Ewald (1926–2002), German Democratic Republic's minister of sport and president East German Olympic committee

References

Neighbourhoods of Szczecin {{WestPomeranian-geo-stub