Swinemünde area

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The Swinemünde area is a coastal region on the Baltic Sea near the modern town of Świnoujście, historically significant as a German naval and port zone during World War II.

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Swinemünde area canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderRegion German-Polish border area ⓘ
climate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
coastType dunes ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
connectedBy Baltic Sea shipping routes ⓘ
connectedTo Stettin port region ⓘ
linked to: Port of Szczecin

other German Baltic ports ⓘ
countryDuringWorldWarII Germany ⓘ
currentCountry Poland ⓘ
currentMainTown Świnoujście ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
ship repair ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature coastal fortifications ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
naval installations ⓘ
shipyards ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole naval zone ⓘ
port zone ⓘ
historicalLanguage German ⓘ
historicalMainTown Swinemünde ⓘ
historicalUse convoy assembly point ⓘ
naval training ⓘ
locatedAt mouth of the Oder River ⓘ
locatedIn Pomerania ⓘ
locatedNear Swinemünde ⓘ
Świnoujście ⓘ
locatedOn Baltic Sea ⓘ
nearIsland Usedom ⓘ
linked to: Island of Usedom

Wolin ⓘ
partOf German Baltic coast ⓘ
Oder River estuary region ⓘ
postWarChange transferred from Germany to Poland after World War II ⓘ
postWarStatus integrated into Polish Western Pomerania ⓘ
significantPeriod World War II ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Baltic Sea shipping lanes ⓘ
naval base facilities ⓘ
port infrastructure ⓘ
usedFor merchant shipping ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
wasAdministeredBy Province of Pomerania ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
wasTargetOf Allied air raids during World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lützow → sunkAt → Swinemünde area ⓘ