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Lighthouse in Kołobrzeg, Poland. Neptune fountain in Gdańsk, Poland. Eldena Abbey, Greifswald, Germany. Ruin of St. Peter's and Hans's Church in Visby. Malbork Castle. Świnoujście is a famous resort. Marina in Gdynia. This is a list of major cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, as well as some notable cities/towns with a small population.
Located near the mouth of the river, Szczecin became one of the main cities and ports of the Pomerania region and the entire southern coast of the Baltic Sea. From the 13th century on, the Oder valley was central to German Ostsiedlung, making the towns on its banks German-speaking over the following centuries. [6]
Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in the maintenance of the country's Baltic Fleet. The oblast is mainly flat, as the highest point is the 230 m (750 ft) Gora Dozor hill near the tripoint of the Poland–Russia border / Lithuania–Russia border.
Pop. density. 172/km 2 (445/sq mi) Ethnic groups. Poles, Germans. Usedom (German: Usedom [ˈuːzədɔm], Polish: Uznam [ˈuznam]) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea. It lies north of the Szczecin Lagoon ...
The city is situated on the Pregolya River, at the head of the Vistula Lagoon on the Baltic Sea, and is the only ice-free Russian port on the Baltic Sea. Its population in 2020 was 489,359. [ 11 ] Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District , after Saint Petersburg , the third-largest city in the Baltic region ...
The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [1][2][3] Unlike the "Baltic states", the Baltic region includes all countries that border the sea.
Gdańsk[a] is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, [8] it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. [9][7] Gdańsk lies at the mouth of the Motława River and is situated at the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay, close to the city of Gdynia and resort ...
Kołobrzeg (Polish: [kɔˈwɔbʐɛk] ⓘ; Kashubian: Kòlbrzég; German: Kolberg [ˈkɔlbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a port and spa city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (as of 2014 [update]). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (in the middle of the section ...