Through Szczecinek
www.ceepackaging.com twitter @ceepackaging www.facebook.com www.facebook.com I drive through Szczecinek, noting that forestry products seem to be the life blood of the town. Szczecinek was called Neustettin until 1945. It has over 40000 inhabitants. It is an important railroad junction, located along the main Poznań - Kolobrzeg line, which crosses there with the less important lines to Chojnice, Słupsk and Runowo Pomorskie. Szczecinek lies in eastern part of West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It's located on border of Pojezierze Szczecineckie and Pojezierze Drawskie. Historically, it was included within Western Pomerania. In 2010, city boundaried with following villages located in Gmina Szczecinek: Gałowo, Marcelin, Godzimierz, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Turowo, Parsęcko, Buczek and Zółtnica. In 1310, the castle and town was founded under Lübeck law by Duke Warcislaw IV of Pomerania-Wolgast and modelled after Szczecin (German: Stettin) which is situated about 150 km to the west. The town was fortified to face the Brandenburgers, with a wall and palisades. In 1356 Neustettin was hit by the plague. On 15 September 1423, the "great day of Neustettin", the Pomeranian dukes, the Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order and Nordic king Eric VII of Denmark met to discuss defence against the union of Brandenburg and Poland. In 1461 Neustettin was sacked, looted and burned by Polish troops and Tatars because King Casimir IV wanted to take revenge on Eric II of Pomerania-Wolgast who supported <b>...</b>
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