Gryfino

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).

Gryfino
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
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Coat of arms
Gryfino
Coordinates: 53°15′N 14°29′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian
CountyGryfino County
GminaGmina Gryfino
Government
 • MayorMieczysław Sawaryn
Area
 • Total9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total21,393
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
74-100
Car platesZGR
Websitewww.gryfino.pl

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, when the town and its region became Polish and was renamed Gryfino from the original Greifenhagen by replacing the German suffix -hagen by the Polish suffix -ino.[1] 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
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1875 6,759—    
1890 6,692−1.0%
1925 8,184+22.3%
19399,855+20.4%
19605,300−46.2%
19707,400+39.6%
197510,800+45.9%
198015,300+41.7%
199021,000+37.3%
199522,100+5.2%
200422,500+1.8%
Source: verwaltungsgeschichte.de

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Gryfino is twinned with:

Towns near Gryfino
  • Bańska Gate
  • Town hall
  • Gryfino train station
  • A bridge on the Oder River in Gryfino
  • Medieval defensive walls

Notable people

See also

References
  1. Manfred Niemeyer (2012). Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 219.


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