Skwierzyna

Infobox Settlement
name = Skwierzyna

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image_caption = Town hall

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image_shield = POL Skwierzyna COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lubusz
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Międzyrzecz
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Skwierzyna
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Arkadiusz Piotrowski
area_total_km2 = 35.69
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 10010
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52 | latm = 36 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 15 | longm = 30 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 66-440
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = FMI
website = http://www.skwierzyna.pl

Skwierzyna [IPA-pl|s|k|f|j|e|'|ż|y|n|a] ( _de. Schwerin an der Warthe) is a town of 10,339 inhabitants (2005) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It is located between the town of Międzyrzecz and the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and stands at the confluence of the rivers Obra and Warta.

Until 1793 the town was part of the Kingdom of Poland. After the partitions of Poland it was annexed together with the whole region of Greater Poland by the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1919, according to the Treaty of Versailles, the town was left in a small, mostwestern part of Greater Poland which did not return to the recreated Polish state. At that time the townspeople were predominantly Ethnic German until the end of World War 2, when the German population was expelled and replaced by Poles who had been expelled or left Ukraine and Lithuania.

The town is situated in a particularly green part of Poland. Extensive forests and numerous lakes can be found in the vicinity.

Notable residents

* Johann Gottfried Piefke (1817–1884), musician

Tourist attractions

* Jewish cemetery of Skwierzyna

External links

* [http://polandpoland.com/skwierzyna.html Skwierzyna]
* [http://www.skwierzyna.net/ Skwierzyna]
* [http://panoramaskwierzyny.republika.pl/gb/ Virtual tour of Skwierzyna]