Timeline of Szczecin

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Szczecin, Poland.

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Prior to 20th century

• 967 - Szczecin became part of Poland under Mieszko I of Poland.[1]
• 1121 - Bolesław III Wrymouth in power.[2]
• 1124 - Saints Peter and Paul Church founded.[3]
• ca. 1185 - Ducal mint founded.
• 1186 - Stay of the future Polish monarch Władysław III Spindleshanks at the court of Bogusław I, Duke of Pomerania in Szczecin, on behalf of his father, Duke of Greater Poland (and periodically also High Duke of Poland) Mieszko III the Old.[4]
• 1243 - Szczecin granted Magdeburg city rights by Duke Barnim I the Good.[1][3]
• 1273 - Wedding of duke of Poznań and future King of Poland Przemysł II with princess Ludgarda, granddaughter of Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania.[5]
• 1275 - The city's inhabitants granted the right of free movement in the Principality of Rügen by Slavic Duke of Rügen Vitslav II.[6]
• 1277 - The city purchases the villages, present-day districts, Krzekowo and Osów.[6]
• 1278 - King Eric V of Denmark exempts the city's inhabitants from customs duties for a fair organised in Zealand, Denmark, along with a promise of peace and protection.[6]
• 1284 - The city helps Duke Bogislaw IV to guarantee a peace treaty between the Duchy of Pomerania and the Margraviate of Brandenburg.[7]
• 1295 - The city becomes capital of a splinter eponymous duchy under Otto I, and a residential city of Pomeranian dukes.[7]
• 1360 - Szczecin becomes part of Hanseatic League.[3]
• 1384 - Otto Jageteufel becomes mayor.
• 1478 - The city becomes the capital of the reunified Duchy of Pomerania.[8]
• 1532 - The city becomes again the capital of a splinter eponymous duchy.[8]
• ca. 1532 - Stoppage of minting coins in the local mint.[8]
• 1535 - Protestant reformation.[9]
• 1570 - Peace treaty, ending the Northern Seven Years' War between Denmark and Sweden signed in the city.
• 1577 - Printing press in operation.[10]
• 1580 - Resumption of mint work.[8]
• 1582 - Ducal Castle rebuilt.
• 1606 - Start of reign of Duke Philip II, the greatest patron of the arts among all Pomeranian dukes.[8]
• 1625 - Under Bogislaw XIV the city becomes again the capital of the reunited Duchy of Pomerania.[8]
• 1630 - Paul Friedeborn becomes mayor.
• 1637 - Death of Bogislaw XIV, the last Pomeranian duke of the House of Griffin.[8]
• 1648 - Stettin becomes part of Sweden.[3]
• 1654 - Burial of Bogislaw XIV in the Ducal Castle.
• 1677 - City taken by Frederick William of Brandenburg.[9]
• 1679 - Swedes in power again per Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[3][9]
• 1709 - Ducal mint closed down.
• 1720 - City becomes part of Prussia.[9]
• 1721 - French commune founded for the Huguenots, with separate French law and a separate French court.[11]
• 1740 - Szczecin fortress built.
• 1806
  • October: Capitulation of Stettin without resistance to France.[3]
  • City occupation by French forces begins.[9]
• 1809 - French courthouse ceases to exist.[11]
• 1813
  • Siege by combined Prussian-Russian-Swedish forces.[12]
  • December - City occupation by French forces ends.[12][9]
• 1851 - Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik Früchtenicht & Brock (shipbuilder) in business in nearby Drzetowo (then Bredow).[3]
• 1870–1871 - Prussian prisoner-of-war camp for around 1,700 French soldiers located in the city during the Franco-Prussian War, death of around 600 French soldiers.[13]
• 1871 - City becomes part of the German Empire.[3]
• 1878 - Hermann Haken (politician) becomes mayor.
• 1885 - Population: 99,475.[3]
• 1895 - Population: 140,724.[14]
• 1898 - Harbour built.[2]

20th century

• 1901 - Central Cemetery in Szczecin established.
• 1907 - Friedrich Ackermann becomes mayor.
• 1909 - Helios Kino (cinema) opens.[15]
• 1919 - Population: 232,726.[16]
• 1925 - Consulate of the Republic of Poland opened.
• 1939 - Population: 374,017.[9]
• 1940 - Bombing of Szczecin in World War II begins.

National Museum, Szczecin

• 1945
  • May–June: Deutsche Zeitung (Stettin) newspaper published.
  • 5 July: City becomes part of Poland.[17]
  • Piotr Zaremba becomes mayor.
  • Szczecin Shipyard and National Museum, Szczecin established.
• 1946
  • Population: 72,948.[9]
• 1947 - Głos Szczeciński newspaper begins publication.[18]
• 1948
  • Pogoń Szczecin, the city's most popular football club, founded.
  • Szczecin Philharmonic founded.
• 1962 - 9 October: 1962 Szczecin military parade debacle.
• 1970 - December: 1970 Polish protests.

Szczecin Cathedral

• 1972 - Roman Catholic diocese of Szczecin-Kamień established.[19]
• 1974 - Population: 360,500.[20]
• 1980
  • August: Szczecin strike of 1980.[21]
  • 30 August: Szczecin Agreement signed, strike ends.[1]
• 1982 - August: Solidarity demonstration.[22]
• 1984 - University of Szczecin established.[23]
• 1985 - Morze Bałtyk Szczecin wins its first Polish volleyball championship.
• 1987 - Visit of Pope John Paul II.[1]
• 1988 - August: Labor strike.[24]

21st century

Szczecin Philharmonic

• 2001 - Stocznia Szczecińska Nowa (shipyard) active.
• 2006 - Piotr Krzystek becomes mayor.
• 2011 - Szczecin hosts the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
• 2012 - Population: 408,900.[25]
• 2014 - Szczecin Philharmonic Hall built.[26]
• 2017 - Szczecin co-hosts the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
• 2019 - Szczecin hosts the 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

See also

• History of Szczecin
• List of mayors of Szczecin
• Etymology of Szczecin and Other names of Szczecin e.g. Stedyn, Stetin

References

1. "Szczecin - Największe atrakcje". WP Turystyka (in Polish). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
2. Haydn 1910.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Marcin Krasuski, Walka o władzę w Wielkopolsce w I połowie XIII wieku, "Officina Historiae", 1/2018, p. 64 (in Polish)
5. Kronika wielkopolska, PWN, Warszawa, 1965, p. 297 (in Polish)
6. Kratz 1865, p. 383.
7. Kratz 1865, p. 384.
8. Genowefa Horoszko, Monety książąt pomorskich z historycznych kolekcji w Muzeum Narodowym w Szczecinie, "Cenne, bezcenne/utracone", Nr 1(74)-4(77), 2013, p. 21 (in Polish)
9. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Stettin", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1826, OL 6112221M
10. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. H. Grevel & Co.
11. Radosław Skrycki, Z okresu wojny i pokoju – "francuskie" miejsca w Szczecinie z XVIII i XIX wieku, "Szczecin i jego miejsca. Trzecia Konferencja Edukacyjna, 10 XII 2010 r.", Szczecin 2011, p. 95 (in Polish)
12. Skrycki, p. 100
13. Skrycki, p. 104
14. "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
15. "Movie Theaters in Szczecin, Poland". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
16. "Germany: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Hathi Trust.
17. Piotr Wróbel (1998). "Szczecin". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6.
18. "Poland: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 3463+. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
19. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Poland". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
20. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
21. Piotr Wróbel (1998). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6.
22. "Pro-Solidarity Protest in Polish City", New York Times, 13 August 1982
23. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 575+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
24. "Polish Labor Unrest Spreads In Port City and to Five Mines", New York Times, 19 August 1988
25. "Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2014". Central Statistical Office of Poland. Review Tables: Cities
26. "Designs of the Year: The nominees announced by London's Design Museum", Telegraph, March 2015

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• John Ramsay McCulloch (1877), "Stettin", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
• United States Department of State (1891). "Trade and Industries of Pomerania". Reports from the Consuls of the United States. 37. Washington DC: Government Printing Office – via Hathi Trust. (with details about Stettin)
• "Stettin", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
• "Stettin", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379 – via Hathi Trust
• "Stettin", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Stettin", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.

in other languages

• Paul Friedeborn (1613). Historische Beschreibung der Stadt Alten Stettin in Pommern [Historical Description of the Old City Stettin in Pomerania] (in German). Stettin: S. J. Rheten Erben.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Stettin als handels- und industrieplatz [Stettin as commercial and industrial space] (in German). Stettin. 1906.
• P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Stettin". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
• Kratz, Gustav (1865). Die Städte der Provinz Pommern. Abriss ihrer Geschichte, zumeist nach Urkunden. Berlin.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Szczecin via Wikisource
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Szczecin, various dates