Przytór (peninsula)

The Przytór peninsula (Polish Półwysep Przytorski , German peninsula Pritter or the Pritter ) is located in the west of the Polish island of Wolin . On it are parts of the communities Międzyzdroje ( Misdroy ) and Świnoujście ( Swinoujscie ).

geography

The peninsula extends in an east-west direction over about twelve kilometers in length. The north-south extension is between two and six kilometers wide. It forms the southern end of the Pomeranian Bay . The Swine runs to the west and south . The districts of Świnoujście Chorzelin ( Easter Harbor ), Warszów ( Ostswine ), Klicz ( Klüß ) and Ognica ( Werder ) are located on the western bank of the Swine . To the south lies Przytór ( Pritter ), another district Świnoujścies. Most of the peninsula is forested and sparsely populated.

The national roads DK3 and DK 93 and the railway line Szczecin Dąbie – Świnoujście run across the peninsula .

Emergence

After the end of the Vistula Ice Age and the subsequent rise in sea level in the Baltic Sea, a spit formed between the island cores of Usedom and Wollin , on which dunes were later deposited. In addition to the Swine in the west, there was another connection between the Szczecin Lagoon and the Baltic Sea in the east, from the Großer Vietziger See near Liebeseele to the Misdroy area. When they silted up, the peninsula was created.

history

In the west of the peninsula, the dukes of Pomerania had ramparts built as early as the 12th century to secure access to the Swine. These were destroyed several times by the Danes. The dukes took advantage of the favorable location of the Pritter to collect customs on the Swine from here. The predominantly forested peninsula served them as a hunting ground. A wood bailiff was appointed to supervise the ducal forest area.

During the Thirty Years War the villages on the Pritter were devastated. After the Swedish era, when Prussia built the Swinemünde harbor, there was an increase in population in the western part. At the end of the 19th century a road and a railway line were built across the peninsula to Ostswine.

After the Pritter, together with Wolin and Swinoujscie, came to Poland after the Second World War and was given the name Przytór , the port and industrial areas in the western part were further expanded. A large marshalling yard was built for the ferry connection to Sweden. To relieve the city ferries, another ferry connection to Świnoujście was set up near the northern mouth of the Kanał Piastowski , which was connected via today's Droga krajowa 93 .

literature

• Georg Wilhelm von Raumer: The island of Wollin and the seaside resort of Misdroy. Historical sketch . Decker, Berlin 1851 ( digitized version )

Coordinates: 53 ° 54 '  N , 14 ° 21'  E