Moryń
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 Moryń
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| Coordinates: 52°51′34″N 14°23′37″E / 52.85944°N 14.39361°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland
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| 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.
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.
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).
Moryń is twinned with:
Coordinates: 52°51′N 14°23′E / 52.850°N 14.383°E
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