Skolwin is a municipal neighbourhood of the city of
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
situated on the left bank of the
Oder river
The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flow ...
, north of
Szczecin Old Town and
Middle Town, and south of the town of
Police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest a ...
. As of January 2011, it had a population of 3,265.
Before 1945, when Szczecin (then ''Stettin'') was a part of Germany, the German name of this suburb was ''Stettin-Odermunde''.
In Skolwin, there is a
power line crossing of the Odra river, which is part of 220 kV powerline Police-Morzyczyn.
The
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
club
Åšwit Szczecin
Klub Sportowy Åšwit Skolwin-Szczecin ( en, Åšwit Skolwin-Szczecin Sports Club), commonly known as Åšwit Szczecin or Åšwit Skolwin, is a Polish football club, established in 1952, based in the Szczecin's neighbourhood of Skolwin. They compete in t ...
is based in Skolwin.
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Skolwin
Skolwin is a municipal neighbourhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland situated on the left bank of the Oder river, north of Stare Miasto, Szczecin, Szczecin Old Town and Śródmieście, Szczecin, Middle Town, and south of the town of Police, West P ...
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