University of Szczecin

Pomeranian Griffin (Polish: Gryf Pomorski), also known as the statue of Griffin (Polish: Pomnik Gryfa), is an artificial stone sculpture in Szczecin, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Downtown-North within the Downtown district. It is placed in front of the Szczecin City Hall, on Pope John Paul II Avenue, near the intersection with Wacław Feldczak Street. The statue depicts a griffin, a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs. It is the symbol of the city and the region of Western Pomerania, being present in their coat of arms. The sculpture was designed by Leonia Chmielnik, and sculptured by her together with Anna Paszkiewicz-Sawicka. It was unveiled on 26 April 1972, on the 27th anniversary of Szczecin being captured by the Red Army of the Soviet Union during the Second World War.

The Szczecin tram system is a 12-line, standard gauge tramway system in Szczecin, Poland, that has been in operation since 1879 (when the town was Stettin, Prussia). The tramway operates on 65 kilometers (40 mi) of route. There are two depots and twelve balloon loops (including five street ones). Daytime lines (night lines were abolished in 1996) are operated by the company Tramwaje Szczecińskie (Szczecin Tramways), on behalf of the ZDiTM (Zarząd Dróg i Transportu Miejskiego; Road and Public Transport Administration). There is also a tourist line operated by the Szczecin's Association of the Enthusiasts of Public Transport.

Szczecin Philharmonic, officially Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic (Polish: Filharmonia im. Mieczysława Karłowicza), founded in 1948, is a philharmonic of the city of Szczecin, Poland. In 2015, the new building of the philharmonic was awarded the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.

Śródmieście-Północ (Downtown-North) is a municipal neighbourhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland, in Śródmieście (Centre) District. As of January 2011 it had a population of 12,507.

The Theatre Square (Polish: Plac Teatralny; German: Theaterplatz) is an urban square in Szczecin, Poland, within the Downtown district. It is placed in the neighbourhood of Downtown-North, between Niedziałkowskiego, Niegolewskiego, Wielkopolska, and Wąska Streets. At its centre, it features the building of the Pleciuga Puppet Theatre. Next to the square is also placed the Szczecin House of Sports, an indoor multisport arena. The street layout of the square was drown in 1857. From the 1870s, it was a sports pitch, and in the year 1900, it was transformed into an urban square. In 2009, the building of the Pleciuga Puppet Theatre was constructed at its centre.

The Revival Square (Polish: Plac Odrodzenia) is an urban square and a roundabout in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the neighbourhood of Centrum, within the district of Śródmieście, at the intersection of Mazurska Street, Monte Cassino Street, and Piłsudskiego Street. It was designed in 1882.

The statue of Pope John Paul II (Polish: Pomnik papieża Jana Pawła II) is a gunmetal statue in Szczecin, Poland, placed at the Bright Meadows Square, within the Downtown district. It depicts Pope John Paul II, commemorating his visit to the city in 1987. The monument was designed by Czesław Dźwigaj and Stanisław Latour, and unveiled on 18 June 1995.

The Grunwald Square (Polish: Plac Grunwaldzki) is a circular urban square in Szczecin, Poland, within the Centre neighbourhood in the Downtown district. It forms a roundabout at the intersection of Pope John Paul II Avenue, Piłsudski Street, Rayski Street, and Śląska Street. The Grunwald Square is surrounded by historic tenement houses dating to the end of the 19th century, mostly built in the eclectic style, as well as modernist apartment buildings constructed in 1965. It was developed the 1880s.

The Marshal Józef Piłsudski Memorial (Polish: Pomnik marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego) is a bronze bust statue in Szczecin, Poland, placed at the Grey Ranks Square, at the corner of Polish Armed Forces Avenue and Greater Poland Street, within the Centre neighbourhood. It is dedicated to Józef Piłsudski, a 19th- and 20th-century military officer and statesman, who, served as the Chief of State and Marshal of Poland, and later was the de factor leader of the country, as the Minister of Military Affairs. It was designed by Bohdan Ronin-Walknowski and unveiled on 19 June 2000.

The Spinning Top (Polish: Fryga, colloquially also Bączek) was a modernist sculpture in Szczecin, Poland, placed at the Ludwik Zamenhof Square. It was designed by Maurycy Gomulicki, and unveiled on 22 October 2015. Due to manufacturing error, it begun quickly deteriorating, and following unsuccessful repair attempts, it was ultimately removed on 18 December 2016. The sculpture had a form of several polymer concrete rings, stacked vertically on a metal pole, alternating between red and yellow.

In the Capitulation of Stettin on 29–30 October 1806, Lieutenant General Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg surrendered the garrison and fortress to a much smaller French light cavalry brigade led by General of Brigade Antoine Lasalle. This event was one of a number of surrenders by demoralized Prussian soldiers to equal or inferior French forces after their disastrous defeat at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt on 14 October. Stettin, now Szczecin, Poland, is a port city on the Oder River near the Baltic Sea, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of Berlin. After Jena-Auerstedt, the broken Prussian armies crossed the Elbe River and fled to the northeast in an attempt to reach the east bank of the Oder. Following a two-week chase, Marshal Joachim Murat intercepted over 10,000 Prussians at the Battle of Prenzlau and bluffed them into surrendering on 28 October. The following day, Lasalle's and another French light cavalry brigade induced 4,200 more Prussians to lay down their weapons in the Capitulation of Pasewalk. On the afternoon of the 29th, Lasalle appeared before the fortress of Stettin and demanded its surrender. A completely unnerved Romberg, believing he was confronted by 30,000 Frenchmen, entered into negotiations with Lasalle and surrendered Stettin that night. Estimates of the numbers vary between 500 French hussars of the 5th and 7th French Hussars and 5,000 to 6,000 Prussians within the garrison. Within a week, the fortress of Küstrin capitulated and three isolated Prussian columns were hunted down and captured at Boldekow, Anklam, and Wolgast. This left only one Prussian corps at large between the Elbe and Oder, plus garrisons at Magdeburg and in the former Electorate of Hanover.

Szczecin (UK: SHCHETCH-in, US: -⁠een, Polish: [ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin] (listen); German: Stettin [ʃtɛˈtiːn] (listen); Swedish: Stettin [stɛˈtiːn]; Latin: Sedinum or Stetinum) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport and Poland's seventh-largest city. As of December 2021, the population was 395,513.Szczecin is located on the river Oder, south of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Bay of Pomerania. The city is situated along the southwestern shore of Dąbie Lake, on both sides of the Oder and on several large islands between the western and eastern branches of the river. Szczecin is adjacent to the town of Police and is the urban centre of the Szczecin agglomeration, an extended metropolitan area that includes communities in the German states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Szczecin is the administrative and industrial centre of West Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the site of the University of Szczecin, Pomeranian Medical University, Maritime University, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Art Academy, and the see of the Szczecin-Kamień Catholic Archdiocese. The city's historical landmarks include the Szczecin Cathedral, the Pomeranian Dukes' Castle and the National Museum. From 1999 onwards, Szczecin has served as the site of the headquarters of NATO's Multinational Corps Northeast. The city was a candidate for the European Capital of Culture in 2016.