Cedynia
Cedynia [t ͜ sɛdɨɲa ] ( German Zehden ) is a small town in the powiat Gryfiński the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Geographical location
Cedynia lies in the Neumark, three kilometers east of the Oder, near the border with the Federal Republic of Germany and 17 kilometers northeast of the German town of Bad Freiwalde, which is reached by a bridge Or. It is the nation's located farthest to the west city of Poland. The nearest town on the Polish side is Chojna (Königsberg / Neumark ), which at the railway line Kostrzyn (Küstrin ) - is Stettin ( Szczecin). Here is the country road 31 on which the county seat Gryfino ( Pommern ), and after 80 kilometers, the voivodship Szczecin be reached.
History
Archaeological research has shown that the area was already inhabited by Cedynia around 3500 BC. Around the 8th century BC, a castle was built, in the region once a settlement has been created. In the course of the beginning in the 5th century migrations, the area was depopulated and taken possession of the 8th century by Slavic tribes.
On 24 June 972, the Battle of Zehden took place at the place where the Piastenherzog Mieszko I, the troops of the Lusatian Margrave Hodo hit, reaching securing the western border of the Polish Empire. At this time the place was still called CIDIN. In 1187 there was probably at Zedin a Pomeranian castle. Even before the transfer of the place of the March of Brandenburg under the Ascanians in 1250 was a German settlement urban character, an oppidum. Margrave Albrecht III. belehnte 1299 by Jagow with the oppidum, which in 1356 a Cistercian monastery, which had moved in the 13th century its headquarters from Schönfließ in place leaving. In the 14th century Zehden was a Mediatstädtchen with councilors, mayor and aldermen.
When, after the death of Emperor Charles IV, the Mark Brandenburg threatened to disintegrate under the only financially interested Luxembourgers into anarchy in 1378, they sold the Neumark and thus Zehden the Teutonic Knights. Already in 1454 acquired Elector of Brandenburg Frederick II of the House of Hohenzollern by the now weakened Order of the low-yielding Neumark back.
After the Reformation, was formed in 1555 the elector from the possession of the monastery of the Office Zehden. 1611 left the last nuns. During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf in 1631 occupied Zehden and taught there for some time his headquarters. 1637 the city became the battle area while badly damaged. Also, the monastery suffered severe damage, but already in 1641, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm build the west wing as a baroque hunting lodge again. 1699 broke out in the city from a major fire, which also includes the monastery church was destroyed.
In 1818 Zehden came as a result of the reclassification of the Prussian state to the circle Koenigsberg / Neumark in the district of Frankfurt. It was a district court and a 1850 built on the foundations of the destroyed monastery post office. In the course of industrialization began in the 19th century in Zehden created a large brick factory and a brewery. the city with a population reached its highest, the In 1885, the population was in 1892, declined to 1910 in 1533 and increased to 1939 again to 1738. Connection to the east of the Oder -lying railway network was Zehden through the opened on October 5, 1930 single-track narrow gauge railway line to Freiwalde. In March 1940, the city suffered from a large or high water that flooded the Zehdener break and the railway line. During the fighting between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army or the bridge was destroyed in February 1945. February 3, 1945 Zehden fell into the hands of the Red Army and came under Polish administration.
The destroyed 45 percent city was depopulated after the flight and expulsion of inhabitants and deserted for a long time until this Polish displaced persons and settlers were established later. In 1957, the city had 1040 inhabitants. Temporarily, she received the Polish name Cedno, which was later changed to Cedynia. The railway line was torn down to the Oder. For millennial commemoration of the Battle of 972 on Oderufer a monument was erected in 1972.
Significant impact on the economy Cedynias had on November 4, 2012, a major fire in 1995 directly on the Oder bridge opened Polenmarkt Hohenwutzen. Or Center Berlin. It destroyed or damaged by the 700 there existing stalls and small shops around 200 whose restoration costs were estimated at 50,000 to 100,000 euros. The market was re-opened on 6 November 2012.
Community Cedynia
The city is the seat of the city and rural municipality ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ) Cedynia, which is divided in addition to the main town of the same name in 14 Soltysships ( sołectwo ), which in turn are assigned to six settlements. The districts and their population figures for 2007 are:
Sons and daughters of the town
- Reinhard Strecker ( born September 8, 1930), German political activist who initiated the exhibition Unpunished Nazi justice.