Gryfino

Gryfino
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Flag Coat of arms
Gryfino
Coordinates: 53°15′N 14°29′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Gryfino County
Gmina	Gmina Gryfino
Government
• Mayor	Mieczysław Sawaryn
Area
• Total	9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	21,393
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	74-100
Car plates	ZGR
Website	www.gryfino.pl

Gryfino [ɡrɨˈfʲinɔ] (German: Greifenhagen; Low German: Gripenhagen; Kashubian: Gripiewò) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 21,393 inhabitants (2017). It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998).

The town is located on the Odra Wschodnia, the eastern branch of the Oder river, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Szczecin in Poland. The western branch of the Oder, 2 km (1 mi) away from the town center, has marked the border with Germany since 1945, when the town and its region became Polish and was renamed Gryfino from the original Greifenhagen by replacing the German suffix -hagen by the Polish suffix -ino. There is a direct road link between Gryfino and the German town of Mescherin across the river.

The world-famous Crooked Forest is located in the village of Nowe Czarnowo, just outside Gryfino.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1875	6,759	—
1890	6,692	−1.0%
1925	8,184	+22.3%
1939	9,855	+20.4%
1960	5,300	−46.2%
1970	7,400	+39.6%
1975	10,800	+45.9%
1980	15,300	+41.7%
1990	21,000	+37.3%
1995	22,100	+5.2%
2004	22,500	+1.8%
Source: verwaltungsgeschichte.de

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Gryfino is twinned with:

• Barlinek, Poland
• Bersenbrück, Germany
• Gartz, Germany
• Raciechowice, Poland
• Schwedt, Germany

Towns near Gryfino

• Szczecin (Poland)
• Stargard (Poland)
• Cedynia (Poland)
• Chojna (Poland)
• Mieszkowice (Poland)
• Moryń (Poland)
• Trzcińsko-Zdrój (Poland)
• Myślibórz (Poland)
• Pyrzyce (Poland)
• Schwedt (Germany)
• Vierraden (Germany)
• Gartz (Germany)
• Penkun (Germany)

Gallery

• 
  Bańska Gate
• 
  Town hall
• 
  Gryfino train station
• 
  A bridge on the Oder River in Gryfino
• 
  Medieval defensive walls

Notable people

• Michał Bieniek (born 1984 in Gryfino) a former Polish athlete who specialized in the high jump. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics

See also

• Crooked Forest, a nearby forest

External links

• Official website
• Jewish Community in Gryfino on Virtual Shtetl