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  Encyclopedia: Baltic Sea
Bay of Gdańsk lies east of the Hel peninsula on the Polish coast and west of Sambia in Kaliningrad Oblast.
Bay of Pomerania lies north of the islands of Usedom and Wolin, east of Rügen.
Bay of Mecklenburg (in German: Mecklenburgische Bucht, Danish: Mecklenburg Bugt, and Polish: Zatoka Meklemburska) is a basin in the south-western Baltic Sea, between the shores of Germany to the south and the Danish islands of Lolland, Falster, and Møn to the north.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baltic-Sea   (8537 words)

  
 Lagoon of Szczecin - TheBestLinks.com - Szczecin Bay, Baltic Sea, Germany, German language, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lagoon of Szczecin or Bay of Szczecin (Polish: Zalew Szczeciński; German: Stettiner Haff, Oderhaff) is a inland water basin in Poland and Germany situated in the south-western part of the Baltic Sea in the mouth of Oder River north of the city of Szczecin.
It separated from the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea by the islands of Wolin and Uznam and connected with the 3 straits: Dziwna, Swina and Peene.
The lagoon is crossed with a south-north deepened water route with depth of 10 metres connecting the Szczecin seaport via the Oder river with Swina strait, Swinoujscie seaport and the Baltic Sea.
www.thebestlinks.com /Szczecin_Bay.html   (185 words)

  
 Szczecin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Szczecin is located in the northwest part of Poland, on the Oder River, south of the Lagoon of Szczecin and the Bay of Pomerania.
Szczecin's architectural style is mainly influenced by those of last half of 19th century and first twenty years of the 20th century mostly by Academic art and Art Nouveau.
It is served by Szczecin-Goleniów Airport and by the Port of Szczecin, third biggest port of Poland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Szczecin   (1837 words)

  
 Facts - Region Skåne
Szczecin is also a large rail junction directly connected to the port.
Szczecin port, which is connected by a waterway to the Bay of Pomerania, allows ships with a draught of up to nine metres to be served.
Szczecin's transport connections are also supplemented by the regional airport in Goleniów, at a distance of 40 kilometres from the city.
www.skane.se /templates/Page.aspx?id=63435   (313 words)

  
 .::Zarząd Morskich Portów Szczecin i Świnouście::.
The history of Szczecin port is as long as the history of the city itself.
It might be difficult to document whether the city gave foundation to the port or the port to the city.
In early Middle Ages, the time of medieval town existence, the port was situated on the left bank of Odra river, in a small bay nearby the town foot, close to the Sovereign's seat.
www.port.szczecin.pl /angielska/ports/history.htm   (335 words)

  
 The City of Szczecin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Szczecin is a city situated in the north-west of Poland, where the river Odra meets the Baltic Sea (through Szczecin Bay).
Szczecin is also the capital of a new province, the Western Pomeranian Province.
Szczecin is a city with over a thousand years of tradition and turbulent history, and is also the historical capital of Western Pomerania.
www.szczecin.pl /inwestor/uk/uk_2_0.htm   (314 words)

  
 Usedom
Usedom (Polish name Uznam) is an island north of the mouth of the Oder river, where it flows into the Szczecin Bay[?] (German: Stettiner Haff).
A very narrow strait leads the water from the Oder through the Szczecin Bay and into the Pomeranian Bay[?], which is part of the Baltic Sea.
The strait between the island and the mainland is called Peenestrom; it is an extension of the Peene[?] river, which flows into the westernmost part of the Szczecin Bay.
www.fastload.org /us/Usedom.html   (255 words)

  
 41_3
The Pomeranian Bay is an element of the River Odra (Oder) estuary.
Bereft of topographical barriers, the Pomeranian Bay is exposed to permanent, intensive water exchange between itself and the neighbouring Arkona and Bornholm Basins; the Bay is the scene of intensive mixing of riverine and seawaters.
This is indicative of the significant impact of riverine waters on the bacterioplankton in the Pomeranian Bay.
www.iopan.gda.pl /oceanologia/41_3.html   (3154 words)

  
 Wolinski National Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Park area encompasses mainly the elevated, central part of the island, which constitutes an undulated surface of a frontal moraine, descending by steep precipices towards the sea on the north, and to the Szczecin Bay in the south.
The charming, sunny shore of the Szczecin Bay, east of the Lubin village, is high and steep.
Not far from the Szczecin Bay shore, lies the village of Wapnica.
www.staff.amu.edu.pl /~zbzw/ph/pnp/woli.htm   (1398 words)

  
 Hotel Portowy, Trzebiez, Poland
The Hotel is situated by the Szczecin bay, 100 m away from Yachting club neighbourhood.
Those travelling by boat, may like to know that the hotel is just meters away from the marina, and approachable both by the Odra river from the South, and the Bay of Swinoujscie from the North." Pets are allowed.
Trzebiez is situated amidst forest on the west side of   Szczecin reservoir, 25 km away from the sea.
www.comcat.com /~romwo222/Szczecin/Portowy   (168 words)

  
 Bird Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Much of the coastline of this huge bay in north-eastern Poland is good for birds and although the city of Gdansk itself is highly industrialised the surrounding areas remain excellent birding habitat.
As well as the bay or lagoon itself which holds good numbers of ducks and seabirds, there are several river deltas, islands, marshes and reedbeds, peatbogs, farmland and Beech and Oak forest.
The centre of Wolin Island at the north-eastern corner of the bay is protected as the Wolinski National Park and Karsibor Island was the first reserve to be established by OTOP, the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds.
www.thenaturalselection.com /resources/links/birding_links/global_links/europe/poland   (2436 words)

  
 Szczecin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Szczecin is situated in the north-west corner of Poland, on both banks of the Oder River, close to Baltic Sea and the German border.
The city is situated to the south of and around the greater bay into which the Oder river flows.
Szczecin is divided into the auxiliary local government districts called neighbourhood councils (rady osiedla).
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Szczecin.htm   (1758 words)

  
 Der Kieler Kreis -- Kiel
The eastern coast is indented by numerous bays and fjords.
In 1358 it was made the capital of the Hanseatic League and grew wealthy as the center of western Europe's Baltic trade with Russia and Scandinavia.
Szczecin, Gdañsk, and Gdynia in Poland; Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg, and Kronshtadt in Russia;
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 Usedom -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Usedom (Polish name Uznam) is an island north of the confluence of the (additional info and facts about Odra) Odra river into the (additional info and facts about Szczecin Bay) Szczecin Bay (Ger: Stettiner Haff, Pol: Zalew Szczeciński).
The strait between the island and the mainland is called Peenestrom; it is an extension of the (additional info and facts about Peene) Peene river, which flows into the westernmost part of the Szczecin Bay.
The main town on the island is Świnoujście, which has more inhabitants than the rest of the island.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/Us/Usedom.htm   (220 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Szczecin
Szczecin (German Stettin), city and port in northwestern Poland, capital of Zachodniopomorskie Province, on the Odra (Oder) River, near the Baltic...
Johnson, Uwe (1934-1984), German novelist, born in Cammin, Pomerania, near Stettin (now Szczecin).
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 fDi Magazine: Zygmunt Meyer
One of the urgent goals is the construction of a ring road in the western part of Szczecin to connect the border crossing point in Kolbaskowo/Pomellen with the future high-water bridge that connects Police with Swieta and further, in the area of Goleniow, with the A3 motorway.
A project is under way to construct a permanent connection between Nowe Warpno and Uznam island through Szczecin Bay and a project to construct a permanent connection between the islands of Wolin and Uznam by means of a bridge or a tunnel is being considered.
Urgent modernisation of roads is needed: the A3 from Szczecin to the junction with the highway A2; the national road connecting Szczecin with Gdansk, Bydgoszcz and Warsaw; and the national road from Kolobrzeg through Koszalin to Poznan in order to receive the parameters of an expressway.
www.fdimagazine.com /news/fullstory.php/aid/355/Zygmunt_Meyer.html   (622 words)

  
 Liga Morska i Rzeczna
For the inland water sailors there are accessible the see inland water of the Szczeciński and Wiślany bays and many natural and artificial lakes on rivers with dams.
Among the latter the most beautiful are the mountain lakes especially on the Karpaty rivers they press themselves with their bays between the steep mountain slopes.
Among inaccessible forests there are calm small bays with clean sand at the edge and with water tempting with the perspective of a bath.
zyrardow.pttk.pl /bryza/anglia.htm   (440 words)

  
 Poland : EIB finances water schemes in Szczecin
The European Investment Bank is lending EUR 20 million (1) to the City of Szczecin in northwestern Poland to upgrade municipal investments, particularly drinking water and wastewater networks.
The EIB loan, which is granted for 20 years, will help the City to accelerate the implementation of its infrastructure programme and reduce pollution and health hazards, thus raising life quality for a population of some 400 000.
Szczecin, near the German border and at the mouth of the Oder River to the Baltic Sea, has a booming economy which is putting more and more strains on its infrastructure, in particular water and transport.
www.waternunc.com /gb/eib10.htm   (353 words)

  
 Charakterystyka przyrodnicza
Wolinski National Park is located at the mouth of Oder River, in the North-Western Poland (Szczecin voivodship), close to the Polish-German border.
Inclusion of the part of Pomeranian Bay and inner salt waters of Szczecin Bay has made the Woliński National Park the first maritime park in Poland.
The delta is a complex of water-muddy islands, separated by channels with variable direction of flow and water level, and periodically overflown (especially during back flow, when Baltic waters, piled up by northern winds flow into the Szczecin Bay).
www.wolinpn.pl /html/charakt/ogolna/ogolna_e.htm   (881 words)

  
 Home -Geography - Western Pomerania
The vast areas of the Wolinski National Park, Szczecin Bay, the great Lake Dabie, around which there are numerous recreational centers and other tourist attractions.
Created on January 1, 1999 the province was comprised of the former voivodship of Koszalin and Szczecin and parts of the former provinces of Gorzow Wielkopolski, Pila and Slupsk.
The capital city of the province is Szczecin and it's also the western most city in Poland.
info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/geography/regions/pomorzZ/link.shtml   (197 words)

  
 1987 Vol. XVII No. 1
Morphology of whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) was studied in the population inhabiting the Pomeranian Bay and Szczecin Lagoon.
The whitefish migrate cyclically between the two areas and spawn in the Szczecin Lagoon.
Within the branchial epithelium mucous cells, the neutral mucopolisaccharides were most numerous for all experimental variants, while acidic ones dominated in fish fed feed with 2% of urea added.
www.aiep.pl /abstract/vol_17_1.htm   (642 words)

  
 Explore - Part 32
Still during his reign, the district of Szczecin was taken by the Swedes.
As a result of the Peace of Westphalia (1648), which ended the Thirty Years War, Western Pomerania was divided between Sweden and Brandenburg, which at the beginning of the 18th century transformed itself into the Kingdom of Prussia.
Wolin, an island separating the Bay of Szczecin from the Gulf of Pomerania, is separated from the island of Uznam by the Swina straits.
www.poloniatoday.com /explore32.htm   (1128 words)

  
 Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia - Department of Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecology
Heavy - metal pollution of sediments from Szczecin Lagoon and the Gdańsk Basin, Poland.
A dynamic box model of the Szczecin Lagoon nutrient cycling and its first application to the calculation of the nutrient budget.
Distribution and relationships of mercury, lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in perch (Perca fliuviatilis) from the Pomeranian Bay and Szczecin Lagoon.
www.sfi.gdynia.pl /no/publik.php   (1779 words)

  
 EC REPRESENATION - Phare National Programmes in Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the functional spatial structure of the city of Szczecin the left bank side is dominant, and embraces the downtown area plus numerous residential and industrial areas.
The section between Kostrzyn and Szczecin is the cleanest section of the entire Odra river and its condition should be protected and improved system.
This project is designed to improve the traffic flow in between Szczecin and the border crossing points in Kolbaskowo, Rosówek and Lubieszyn, by bringing the road quality up to the needs of current and future expected traffic.
www.europa.delpol.pl /index.php?id=ecross&drukowanie=1&q=&form_send=1   (7328 words)

  
 OCEANOLOGICAL STUDIES, 2001, 30 (1-2), 3-12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If cloud cover data in the input data set are replaced by relevant satellite data, then the average difference between the measured data and the modelled ones decreases to approximately 5%.
Feeding preferences of the round goby and mushroom goby from the Odessa Bay (areas with civil engineering works) were studied.
Two goby species were observed to choose different dietary items in dependence of the season and place of fishery.
www.ocean.univ.gda.pl /oceanological/abstrakty/abstracts_30_3-4.htm   (1168 words)

  
 StayPoland.com - Polish Hotel Reservation Centre
Szczecin (Stettin) is the historical capital of Western Pomerania which lies on the bank of the Odra River and the southern end of the Bay of Szczecin.
Along with a number of historical places, there are a lot of theatres, Philharmonic hall, museums, galleries, libraries and other cultural places in the city.
It should be added that the region of Szczecin is one of the most beautiful in Poland, with its vast forests and clear lakes that are perfect for yachting.
www.staypoland.com /about_seaside.htm   (2331 words)

  
 Explore - Part 7
In contrast to most maritime countries, where motorways generally tend to follow the coastline, the principal highway linking Gdansk and Szczecin is a good distance removed from the sea, with secondary roads branching off to the Baltic.
The town of Wolin, situated at its southern tip, was one of the most ancient trading centers in all the Slav lands; one piece of evidence for this is furnished by the statue of the pagan Slav god Swiatowid, dug up by archaeologists and now on display in the Wolin Regional Museum.
The tourist wishing to travel from the island of Wolin to Szczecin, the largest city and port of Western Pomerania, can make the trip by land or, in the summer season, by water.
www.poloniatoday.com /explore7.htm   (948 words)

  
 Celex Test   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
River Nogat from the river Wisła to the estuary of the Bay of Wisła
River Szkarpawa from the River Wisła to the estuary of the Bay of Wisła
River Warta from the Ślesiński Bay to the estuary of the River Odra
europa.eu.int /eur-lex/en/treaties/dat/L_2003236EN/L2003236EN.044701.htm   (3990 words)

  
 Commercial Law Center Foundation in Warsaw, Poland: Articles & Commentary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The zones referred to in Paragraph 1 are established or announced by the minister of national defense in cooperation with the ministers of transportation and navigation and of internal affairs.
1) The part of Nowowarpienskie Lake and part of the Bay of Szczecin together with Swinia and Dziwna and Kamienski Bay, located east of the state frontier between the Republic of Poland and Republic of Germany, and the Odra River between the Bay of Szczecin and the waters of Szczecin Harbor.
Directors of maritime offices determine and publish in the form of proclamations, in the proper voivodship official records, within six months from the effective date of the present law, lists of the binding legal regulations issued prior to said effective date.
www.prawo.org.pl /statutes/stat53.html   (5578 words)

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