Wolin Voyage Tips and guide

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Wolin (German: Wollin) is an island in the Baltic Sea located in the Gulf of Pomerania near the mouth of the Oder (Polish: Odra) River. The Wolin National Park (in Polish Wolinski Park Narodowy) is a National Park on the island.

Wolin, a city in Farther Pomeria, was Slavic in the Early Middle Ages. It is one of several places identified with the lost city of Jomsburg or Vineta, and this claim has been backed up by some promising archeological evidence. In the High Middle Ages, the city (then know as Julin, later still as Wol(l)in) was ruled by knights of the Teutonic Order, which started a process of gradual germanification. The city flourished in the Late Middle Ages.

Like many other German cities, Wolin was largely destroyed in the Thirty Years War, and it never quite recovered from this destruction. After a period of Swedish rule, it was conquered by Prussia in 1720. It was only after Wolin was connected to the rail network that the city started to grow again.

Shortly before the end of World War II, the city was again destroyed. The German population was forcibly removed and replaced with Poles.

• Viking village.  A re-enactment village in Early Mediaeval style, inspired by the Vineta/Jomsburg heritage (see under History). Apart from the buildings and fortifications themselves, it features mediaeval crafts, artefacts (from jewellery to music instruments), and food. All prepared and performed by people dressed in contemporary clothing.
• Saint Nicholas' Church. A church in Brick Gothic style typical for the region, lying by the river Oder.
• Town Hall from 1881, in Brick Gothic Revival

• Europe's biggest Germanic-Slavic Viking festival [1] at the Viking Village (see above)

in Poland

• Pomeranian metropolis Szczecin
• sea resort and medieval town of Kamien Pomorski
• sea resort and medieval town of Kolobrzeg
• gothic church ruins at Trzesacz
• medieval town of Stargard Szczecinski with an over hundred meter high Cathedral.

in Germany

• Rügen
• Greifswald, Stralsund and other Hanseatic cities
• the Uckermark