Zehden
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 Cedynia
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| Coordinates: 52°53′N 14°12′E / 52.883°N 14.200°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian | |
| County | Gryfino | |
| Gmina | Cedynia | |
| Established | 9th century | |
| Town rights | 1299 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Adam Andrzej Zarzycki | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 1,653 | |
| • Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 74-520 | |
| Area code(s) | +48 91 | |
| Car plates | ZGR | |
| Website | http://www.cedynia.pl | |
Cedynia [t͡sɛˈdɨɲa] (German: Zehden) is a small town in Poland, the adminstrative seat of Gmina Cedynia in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is situated close to the Oder river and the border with Germany. The town is known for the 972 Battle of Cedynia, the first historically recorded battle of the Polish kingdom.
Cedynia lies in the historic Neumark region close to the Oder river, which since 1945 forms the Polish–German border; it thereby is the westernmost town in Poland (neighbouring Osinów Dolny lies 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) even further to the west, right on the German border, but is classified as a village). A road border crossing leads to the German town of Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg in the southwest.
The town gives its name to an extended protected area known as Cedynia Landscape Park.
Largely depopulated during the Migration Period, the first Slavic settlement came into existence in the 8th century, when a burgwall fortifiaction was erected in the area. According to the Cedynia website, the "Name of city appears in documents under oldest written records already in the year 972 as Cidini, in 1187 as Zedin and Cedene, in 1240 as Ceden. "
On 24 June 972, the first historically recorded battle of the Polan dukes, the Battle of Cedynia, took place at this location: the Piast duke Mieszko I of Poland and his brother Czcibor defeated the forces of the Saxon count Odo I, who then ruled as a margrave in the Saxon Eastern March (Lusatia). Information about this battle is found both in the chronicles by Thietmar of Merseburg and in the Gesta principum Polonorum by Gallus Anonymus. After Emperor Otto II intervened, a peace was reached at the Imperial Diet in Quedlinburg the next year. After his victory, Mieszko gained access for the first time to the Oder river running north to the Baltic Sea and to some parts of the land later called Pomerania.
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