Dąbie, Szczecin

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Szczecin - division into neighborhoods

Szczecin-Dąbie is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City, Poland situated on the Plonia river, on the south coast pf Dabie Lake, on the right bank of Odra river and east of the Szczecin Old Town, and Middle Town.

Dąbie name

The name of Dąbie is of Slavonic origin and comes from the words like dąb (=oak tree), dąbie, dębina (=oak forest). The early Latin documents show the name as: 1121 Vadam, 1174 Dam, 1157 Dambe, 1179 Damba, 1242 Dambe, 14th century Damnis, and in German documents as: Damn, later Alt Damn (old Dąbie). In 1945 the Polish name was temporarily: Dąb, Dąb Stary and later fixed to Dąbie, based on the earliest documents.

History

In the early 10th century a settlement of the Slavonic Pomeranians, destroyed in 1121 in the war between Boleslaus III of Poland with the Pomeranians. The village was rebuilt and in 1176 it was awarded by duke Warcislaw to the cistersian convent in Kolbacz. In the following years Dąbie became the main trading post for the rich cistersian land properties.

In 1249 duke Barnim I established a ducal municipality next to the village, and granted it autonomy under Magdeburg rights in 1260, changed to Lubeck rights in 1293.

During World War II POW camp was erected there. Dąbie was incorporated to Szczecin finally in 1948.

Administrative divisions

• 1249-1816 - separate town
• 1816-1826 - part of Szczecin City
• 1826-1939 - separate town in Randow County
• 1939-1945 - part of Szczecin City
• 1945-1948 - separate town in Gryfino County
• after 1948 - part of Szczecin City