Stettin poland history books

It covers three families over the course of eight centuries. As with many general histories, it doesnt go into enough depth in places and so feels rushed. During the night of february 12, 1940 and into the early hours of february th, approximately 1,300 stettin jews were woken by the nazis, allowed one suitcase, one watch and a wedding ring, and transported by train to the lublin area. Once the stettin jews were settled in the three lublin area towns, a registration was prepared by each local judenrat which lists the surviving stettin jews at that time with vital information about them. Shipbuilding and shipping are the main occupations. Church books kirchenbucher my pomerania german and. A cynical reason would be so that poles, lithuanians, ukranians, belarussians and germans would have plenty of cause for fear andor recriminations. See also the list of polish monarchs and list of prime ministers of poland. Only now, as it enters the 21st century, is it a stable democracy with a bright economic and political future. Books about polish history and world politics our book recommendations the doomed soldiers book recommendations. For time periods and parishes not listed on the familysearch catalog, you may need to write to poland for more information.

The building now houses the szczecin offices of the polish post office and the. This is a timeline of polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in poland and its predecessor states. An unusual feature of szczecin is its urban planning many roundabouts and wide avenues. Also see our posts labeled church books and civil records. Polish home army with german pows during the warsaw uprising pin by paolo. History pomerania pommern is a beautiful land of lakes and forests, quaint and picturesque villages with steepled churches, and stork nests. The city was for many centuries one of the most powerful ports and trade centres in the german world. Mar 24, 2016 the ancient history of poland is more connected with goths and other local tribes than with the celts. Stettin was the capital of pomerania and a member of the hanseatic league. A very interesting book that offers a comprehensive picture of the history of poland from the middle ages to a few years ago. One is the brandenburger tor or berliner tor brandenburg gate or berlin gate, now called the brama portowa port gate. Covering approximately a thousand years of a nations history in some 450 pages inevitably means there is insufficient space to cover the key events in great depth, but that will suit any reader who, like myself, is looking for a beginners guide to the subject. Poland united with lithuania and created the powerful polishlithuanian kingdom. This online collection has links to online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses.

Szczecin is a city with a population of around 400,000, situated in the northwest of poland, where the river odra meets the baltic sea through szczecin bay. The city of stettin, pommern is currently in poland and is now known as szczecin. In may 2008 i spent three weeks travelling in poland. Szczecin, also known as stettin, its german name, and alternate english name known in latin as stetinum. Stettin became the largest german seaport with access to the baltic sea. This online collection has links to online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration. Stettin was a kreis from 1818 to 1826, but became part of kreis randow in 1826. Enter szczecin, the polish port city on the baltic which lies just a shade east of the german border. It is dense, true, but zamoyski has a great sense of humor, often portraying human nature in all its horror and folly through the lens of european history with poland at the matrix. It begins with the story of poland in 800 ad, and continues all the way through the solidarity movement.

A lover of history and a third generation polish american i found things in this book that i had not found anywhere else. Stettin szczecin original german books from the 1920s. It is dense, true, but zamoyski has a great sense of humor, often portraying human nature in all its horror and folly through the lens of. James the apostle was built by the citizens of the szczecin city and modeled after the church of st. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Szczecin, poland home to the largest seaport in poland, szczecin is the countrys seventh largest city.

Szczecin and stettin are the polish and german equivalents of the same. Treaty of stettin 1570 project gutenberg selfpublishing. The family history library has filmed some of the parish registers of stettin as well as. Pomerania was originally a land in northeast germany. In the vicinity of the baltic sea, it is the countrys seventhlargest city and a major seaport in poland. Jan 01, 2009 a very interesting book that offers a comprehensive picture of the history of poland from the middle ages to a few years ago. Considering stettin is west of the oder and stettin had a german government under soviet control first after the end of the war. It is the largest church in pomerania and for many years after the reformation was part of the pomeranian evangelical church. The history of stettin is an example of how the relative force of these. Most stettin jews were long time german families who were highly assimilated into german society. Searchable databases my pomerania german and polish genealogy. History books recommended polish history and world.

Our community welcomes everyone from around the world to discuss world history, historical periods, and themes in history military history, archaeology, arts and culture, and history in books and movies. Stettin was rebuilt in 1880s using designs by georgeseugene haussmann, who also did the urban planning for paris. I was particularly interested to visit four major polish cities which were once part of germany szczecin stettin, gdansk danzig, wroclaw breslau and poznan posen. Although both the ppr and the sed castigated frg attacks on the oderneisse line as fascist revanchism, the sed did make overtures to have stettin and other areas returned. King meisko adopted christianity as the national religion. Tacitus located the east germanic tribe of the rugians in the area around szczecin, as did modern historians. Here is a useful link to the pommern address book databank project. Pomerania was scraped by glaciers thousands of years ago. Dec 05, 2018 other people have covered the involuntary land swap. Poland is a land whose boundaries and people have been divided and redivided by conquering nations throughout its long and tumultuous history. Irregularly circular in shape, it is bordered to the north by the baltic sea, to the northeast by russia and lithuania, and to the east by belarus and ukraine. The book provides quite a lot of information, for a general history, but what interested me the most was the overall lessons and patterns in poland s history. List of books and articles about prussian history online.

Founded in 2006, historum is a history forum dedicated to history discussions and historical events. Discover librarianselected research resources on prussian history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Stettin, pomerania genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Having no background in polish history, other than what little was covered in high school history, i wanted to acquaint myself with the history and heritage of this nation, before taking a trip to poland. It stretched along the baltic sea from mecklenburg on the west to almost danzig now gdansk, poland on the east. It was conquered by boleslaus i 9921025 of poland but became an independent duchy early in the 11th cent. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Matricula online is a site with church registers from various european countries, including germany, austria, poland, and serbia. The city is located on both sides of the oder river. James michener poland is by far the best book i have read.

The citys recorded history began in the 8th century as a slavic pomeranian. These are genealogy links to pomerania pommernonline databases to assist in researching your family history. The rugians left during the great migrations in the 5th century ad. Fischers books contain many interesting details and names of scots settled in poland and prussia. The city has population of 406,427, metro area 777,000 2009 census.

The treaty of stettin of december 1570, ended the northern seven years war fought between sweden and denmark with her internally fragmented alliance of lubeck and poland. The past of the city of szczecin is both multinational and multicultural one. I also passed through olsztyn allenstein on my way to the wolfs lair at rastenburg. To report an unlisted church districts records as missing or lost. Home to the largest seaport in poland, szczecin is the countrys seventh largest city. For example, archaeological excavations show that the celts arrived and created a settlement in poland. Vintage architecture, classic architecture, historical architecture, book city.

However, during many excavations archaeologists have discovered links between the modern territory of poland and old celtic tribes. The recorded history of szczecin began in the eighth century, as vikings and west slavs settled pomerania. The ancient history of poland is more connected with goths and other local tribes than with the celts. Stettin was a fortified town, known as festung stettin fortress stettin, frequently contested between prussia and sweden. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading poland. Well off any track nongerman tourists tread, the western port city of szczecin shchehcheen is a lively city awash with students and a muddle of architecture inherited from wildly different ages. Ad, when its recorded history began, pomerania was inhabited by slavic tribes.

This is poland with a twist, for the city has a complicated history. Szczecin, port city and capital, zachodniopomorskie wojewodztwo province. Stettiner entomologische zeitung by entomologische verein in stettin szczecin, poland publication date 1840 publisher stettin, entomologischer verein zu stettin. Preussen, former state, the largest and most important of the german states. The city played an important role in the anticommunist uprisings of 1970 and the rise of the solidarity trade union in the 1980s. Scots in poland 1576 1793 scottish tartans authority. The collection houses records from kolberg under colberg, koslin, peenemunde, schneidemuhl, stargard and stettin. It will take time to read but you will walk away with a wealth of historical information that will last a lifetime. Should you book florence museum tickets in advance. Szczecin is a city with over a thousand years of tradition and a turbulent history.

The forgotten celtic history of ancient poland ancient origins. Szczecin, german stettin, port city and capital, zachodniopomorskie wojewodztwo province, northwestern poland, on the western bank of the oder river near its mouth, 40 miles 65 km from the baltic sea. Another stronghold was built in the 8th centuryfirst half of the 9th century at the ford of. The citys walls were demolished in the 19th century, but two gates survive. Stettin, poland, jewish deportation into the lublin area, 19401942 free. This compassionately written history provides readers with a clear understanding of polands complex history from its origins. Welcome to our lubelskie family history research page.

To read about the background to these events, see history of poland. Vorpommern which was west of the oder river, and hinterpommern which was east of the oder river. The family history library has filmed some of the parish registers of stettin as well as many civil registration records. A concise history of poland jerzy lukowski and hubert zawadzki. Below is a list of pomeranian church books, estimated years of record dates, religion, online location, and other details such as the believed fate of missing books. Stettin former german city in prussia today szczecin, poland. The land looks surprisingly like minnesota and wisconsin. Many pomeranians chose the midwest for their new homes in the 1840s and 1860s. The history of poland as a country begins with the piast dynasty and polands first king meisko i. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Other people have covered the involuntary land swap. Evidence suggests that the area was first inhabited by seafaring people 2,500 years ago. For centuries this location has been at the centre of european transit routes, from the west to the east and from the north, through the baltic, to the south of europe. A history is a general history of poland by adam zamoyski.

History books recommended polish history and world politics. Of the former he printed lists of the burgesses and of those who merely dwelt in posen the scots in east and west prussia 158517, in cracow 15731687, the scots in germany. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your lubelskie ancestors. When adam zamoyski first wrote his history of poland, in the 1980s, the country was in a state of subjugation, its living culture largely surviving only underground or in exile. Since the 9th century, the stronghold was fortified and expanded toward the oder bank.

Poland, modliborzyce ghetto register books, 19391944 ushmm in german free. I particularly like the fact that is showing the great differences that this history had compered with the rest of europe, with the resistance to centralized power giving the tone to the beginning and then greatly influence the development of the polish state, in any form. The chief member of the german empire 18711918 and a state of the weimar republic 191933, prussia occupied more than half of all germany and the major part of n germany. The stettin jews were soon relocated to three small towns near lublin. Of special interest for pomerania are the roman catholic military church books.

Stettin szczecin this lavishly illustrated book is devoted to stettin or szczecin, the capital city of the west pomeranian voivodeship in poland. Many books have been written on the history of poland, this great nation known as polska, and the articles on this website can only ever be a summary of what i learn from others who have taken the time and effort to research the past years of poland. In more recent history, the city was together with tricity one of the birthplaces of solidarity movement. It must be recalled that the polish government in exile, marshaled the third or fourth largest military force of the allies during world war ii, providing over 250,000 soldiers to the allied cause in the west initially behind france. As i suspected before reading, sheer luck of geography played a big part in the success and failure of the state. Mieszko i of poland took control of pomerania during the early middle ages and the region became part of poland in the 10th century. Personages rush on to the stage and are immediately rushed off in a. Crumbly germanera artnouveau tenements and mansions, some now undergoing renovation, echo a past splendour but historical style is patchy. There is a guinness book of records sign in the window attesting to this fact. It must be recalled that the polish government in exile, marshaled the third or fourth largest military force of the allies during world war ii, providing over 250,000 soldiers to the allied cause in the west. The history of poland results from the migrations of slavs who established permanent settlements on the polish lands during the early middle ages. The slavs erected a new stronghold on the site of the modern castle.