Moryń

For the American baseball player, see Walt Moryn.

Moryń
Market square
Coat of arms
Moryń
Coordinates: 52°51′34″N 14°23′37″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

Morzycko Lake

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

Holy Spirit parish church

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Moryń is twinned with:

• Bronson, Michigan, United States
• Joachimsthal, Brandenburg, Germany
• Schwedt, Germany

External links

• Municipal Centre of Culture in Moryń