Barcie, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Cedynia Landscape Park (Polish: Cedyński Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area (Landscape Park) located in north-western Poland, adjacent to the German border. It was established on 1 April 1993, by order of the governor (voivode) of the then Szczecin Voivodeship. The Park covers an area of 308.5 square kilometres (119.1 sq mi). It also has a buffer zone (otulina) covering 531.2 square kilometres (205.1 sq mi). The Park lies within West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Gryfino County (Gmina Cedynia, Gmina Chojna, Gmina Mieszkowice and Gmina Moryń). Its buffer zone also includes parts of Gmina Trzcińsko-Zdrój and Gmina Widuchowa). The Park lies on the Polish side of part of the lower stretches of the Oder (Odra) river. The Park's managing authority is called Zespół Parków Krajobrazowych Doliny Dolnej Odry ("Complex of Landscape Parks of the Lower Odra Valley"). The same authority oversees the Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park, Szczecin Landscape Park and Ujście Warty Landscape Park. Within the Landscape Park are seven nature reserves. There are 8 nature reserves in the park: „Bielinek” „Dąbrowa Krzymowska” „Dolina Świergotki” „Jeziora Siegniewskie” „Olszyna Źródliskowa pod Lubiechowem Dolnym” „Olszyny Ostrowskie” „Wrzosowiska Cedyńskie im. inż. Wiesława Czyżewskiego” „Słoneczne Wzgórza”

Lubiechów Dolny [luˈbjɛxuf ˈdɔlnɨ] (German: Nieder Lübbichow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Cedynia, 42 km (26 mi) south-west of Gryfino, and 62 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Lubiechów Górny [luˈbjɛxuf ˈɡurnɨ] (German: Hohen Lübbichow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) north-east of Cedynia, 42 km (26 mi) south-west of Gryfino, and 61 km (38 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Trzypole [tʂɨˈpɔlɛ] (German: Försterei Dreipfuhl) is a settlement in Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Markocin [marˈkɔt͡ɕin] (German: Vorwerk Markentun) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Cedynia, 42 km (26 mi) south-west of Gryfino, and 62 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. The village has a population of 10.

Piasek [ˈpjasɛk] (German: Peetzig) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Cedynia, 36 km (22 mi) south-west of Gryfino, and 55 km (34 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Gmina Cedynia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the town of Cedynia, which lies approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of Gryfino and 65 km (40 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. The gmina covers an area of 180.38 square kilometres (69.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,343 (out of which the population of Cedynia amounts to 1,653, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,690). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Cedynia Landscape Park.

Cedynia [t͡sɛˈdɨɲa]; German: Zehden, Latin: Cedene) is a small historic town in Poland, and the administrative seat of Gmina Cedynia in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is situated close to the Oder river and the border with Germany. The town is known for the 972 Battle of Cedynia, the first historically recorded battle of Poland.

Raduń [ˈraduɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojna, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately 13 km (8 mi) west of Chojna, 33 km (21 mi) south-west of Gryfino, and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. The village has a population of 10.

In the Battle of Cedynia or Zehden, an army of Mieszko I of Poland defeated forces of Hodo or Odo I of Lusatia on 24 June 972, near the Oder river. Whether or not the battle actually took place near the modern-day town of Cedynia is disputed in modern scholarship.Mieszko I, Poland's first documented ruler based in Greater Poland, had successfully campaigned in the Cedynia area, then a West Slavic tribal territory also coveted by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I and German nobles. While Mieszko's differences with Otto I were settled by an alliance and payment of tribute to the latter, the nobles whom Otto I had invested with the former Saxon Eastern March, most notably Odo I, challenged Mieszko's gains. The battle was to determine the possession of the area between Mieszko and Odo. Records of the battle are sparse, it was briefly described by the chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg (975−1018), whose father participated in the battle (Chronicon II.19).

Bielinek [bjɛˈlinɛk] (German: Bellinchen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Cedynia, 41 km (25 mi) south-west of Gryfino, and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. The village has a population of 210.

Alte Oder is a branch on the river Oder in Brandenburg, Germany, where it drains the Oderbruch basin, flowing northwards to the confluence with the Oder near Hohensaaten. It is one of several branches of the Oder named "Alte Oder".