Skwierzyna
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Skwierzyna — Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.
Other forms in use:
- Schwerin an der Warthe — German historical name used in English accounts of the place before 1945.
- Schwerin (Warthe) — Parenthetical historical German form distinguishing it from Schwerin in Mecklenburg.
- Schwerin — Short German historical name; ambiguous without the Warta context.
French name
Skwierzyna — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.
Other forms in use:
- Schwerin an der Warthe — German historical form retained in French citations.
About
Skwierzyna is a town in western Poland's Lubusz region. It lies near the meeting of the Obra and Warta rivers.
Notes
Historical Schwerin refers here to the Warta town, not Schwerin in Mecklenburg. Missing input Wikidata ID filled from the settlement reference item Q994585. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skwierzyna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skwierzyna_(ville).
Identifiers: Wikidata Q994585 · JSON
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