Moryń
| Moryń | ||
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Market square | ||
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  Moryń | ||
| Coordinates: 52°51′34″N 14°23′37″E / 52.85944°N 14.39361°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland | |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian | |
| County | Gryfino | |
| Gmina | Moryń | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.54 km2 (2.14 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 1,570 | |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 74-503 | |
| Website | http://www.moryn.pl/ | |
Moryń [ˈmɔrɨɲ] (German: Mohrin) is a town in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland.
Geography
It is located in the north of the historic Neumark (Nowa Marchia) region on the Słubia creek, a right tributary of the Oder River. The town centre is situated on the western shore of Morzycko Lake (Jezioro Morzycko), with a maximum depth of 58.5 m (192 ft) the deepest within the Pomeranian Lakeland.
History
The Moryń peninsula had been the site of a West Slavic fortress, which the Wittelsbach elector Otto V of Brandenburg had rebuilt in 1365. The adjacent settlement was mentioned as a town in 1306. With the Neumark region, it was given in pawn to the Teutonic Knights between 1402 and 1454. Mohrin was devastated during a Hussite campaign in 1433.
In 1892 Mohrin received access to the Wriezen Railway line from Berlin to Königsberg/Neumarkt (presenst-day Chojna).
Notable residents
- Christian Friedrich Koch (1798-1872), German jurist
- The English author Christopher Isherwood describes spending several months in the spring and summer of 1932 in Mohrin in chapter five of his biography Christopher & His Kind
International relations
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Twin towns — Sister cities
Moryń is twinned with:
Bronson, Michigan, United States
Joachimsthal, Brandenburg, Germany- Schwedt, Germany
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Coordinates: 52°51′N 14°23′E / 52.850°N 14.383°E
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