Gryfino
Gryfino | |
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Gryfino | |
Coordinates: 53°15′11″N 14°29′15″E / 53.25306°N 14.48750°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
County | Gryfino County |
Gmina | Gmina Gryfino |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mieczysław Sawaryn |
Area | |
• Total | 9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 21,393 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 74-100 |
Car plates | ZGR |
Website | www |
Gryfino [ɡrɨˈfʲinɔ] (German: Greifenhagen; Low German: Gripenhagen; Kashubian: Gripiewò) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 21,393 inhabitants (2017). It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998).
The town is located on the Odra Wschodnia, the eastern branch of the Oder river, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Szczecin in Poland. The western branch of the Oder, 2 km (1 mi) away from the town center, has marked the border with Germany since 1945. There is a direct road link between Gryfino and the German town of Mescherin across the river.
The world-famous Crooked Forest is located in the village of Nowe Czarnowo, just outside Gryfino.
Demographics[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1875 | 6,759 | — |
1890 | 6,692 | −1.0% |
1925 | 8,184 | +22.3% |
1939 | 9,855 | +20.4% |
1960 | 5,300 | −46.2% |
1970 | 7,400 | +39.6% |
1975 | 10,800 | +45.9% |
1980 | 15,300 | +41.7% |
1990 | 21,000 | +37.3% |
1995 | 22,100 | +5.2% |
2004 | 22,500 | +1.8% |
Source: verwaltungsgeschichte.de |
International relations[]
Gryfino is twinned with:
- Barlinek, Poland
- Bersenbrück, Germany
- Gartz, Germany
- Raciechowice, Poland
- Schwedt, Germany
Towns near Gryfino[]
- Szczecin (Poland)
- Stargard (Poland)
- Cedynia (Poland)
- Chojna (Poland)
- Mieszkowice (Poland)
- Moryń (Poland)
- Trzcińsko-Zdrój (Poland)
- Myślibórz (Poland)
- Pyrzyce (Poland)
- Schwedt (Germany)
- Vierraden (Germany)
- Gartz (Germany)
- Penkun (Germany)
Gallery[]
Bańska Gate
Town hall
Gryfino train station
A bridge on the Oder River in Gryfino
Medieval defensive walls
Notable people[]
- Michał Bieniek (born 1984 in Gryfino) a former Polish athlete who specialized in the high jump. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
See also[]
- Crooked Forest, a nearby forest
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gryfino. |
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Greifenhagen. |
- Official website
- Jewish Community in Gryfino on Virtual Shtetl
Coordinates: 53°15′11″N 14°29′15″E / 53.25306°N 14.48750°E
- Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Gryfino County
- Germany–Poland border crossings
- West Pomeranian geography stubs