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Location of the town of Schwedt within Uckermark district
Schwedt
Old City

Schwedt
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Mayor	Jürgen Polzehl (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	200.12 km² (77.27 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population	37,001 (30 June 2006)
- Density	185 /km² (479 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	UM
Postal code	16303
Area codes	03332, 033336
Website	www.schwedt.eu
Coordinates: 53°03′0″N 14°16′0″E / 53.05°N 14.266667°E / 53.05; 14.266667

Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder) (pronunciation: [ʃve:t]) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the largest city of the district Uckermark near the Oder river on the border with Poland.

Schwedt is an industrial city at the edge of the Lower Oder Valley National Park at the Polish border. Across the river and the border, about 10 km to the southeast, is the Polish town of Chojna (Königsberg/Neumark). The nearest German towns are Angermünde (18 km to the west) and Gartz (18 km down the Oder).

Schwedt has one of the largest oil refineries (PCK Raffinerie GmbH) in Germany and is the largest location of paper industry in Europe. Most industries were located in the formerly remote town of Schwedt during socialist rule in the 1960s and 1970s. Large residential areas were built for the workers moving to Schwedt. About 90% of the town's flats are in prefab concrete buildings (Plattenbau) dating from the era. As many jobs were lost after German reunification and the return to market economy, Schwedt has lost a quarter of its population since 1990. In recent years, Schwedt became a model town for the demolition of Plattenbau housings in order to fight flat vacancies and urban decay.

Since Poland's EU accession, over 400 Polish women, chiefly from the Szczecin area, have given birth to their babies in the border town of Schwedt. EU regulations allow patients to undergo treatment abroad without the domestic financing agency's permission only in emergency cases. Polish women turning up at the Schwedt hospital claim they've just happened to be in town for shopping, but in reality these are planned births.^{[citation needed]}

1 Local districts
2 History
- 2.1 Population history
3 Notable people
4 International relations
- 4.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
5 Towns near Schwedt
6 External links

Local districts

Blumenhagen, Kunow, Criewen, Heinersdorf, Hohenfelde, Kummerow, Gatow, Stendell, former town Vierraden, Zützen

History

Population history

Year	Population
1830	5,297
December 1, 1875	9,592
December 1, 1880	9,899
December 1, 1890	9,801
December 1, 1910	9,482
June 16, 1933	9,176
May 17, 1939	10,636
October 29, 1946	5,961

Year	Population
August 31, 1950	6,506
December 31, 1964	19,108
January 1, 1971	34,292
December 31, 1981	52,291
December 31, 1990	49,443
December 31, 1995	45,931
December 31, 2000	40,634
December 31, 2004	37,940

Notable people

Jörg Hoffmann – Freestyle swimmer
Britta Steffen – Freestyle swimmer - a current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns — Sister cities

Schwedt is twinned with:

Koszalin, Poland

Towns near Schwedt

External links

City's official website (German)
City's official website (English)
official website of National Park "Unteres Odertal" (German)
official website of PCK Raffinerie GmbH (German)

Media related to Schwedt at Wikimedia Commons
"Schwedt". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Uckermark

Angermünde \| Berkholz-Meyenburg \| Boitzenburger Land \| Brüssow \| Carmzow-Wallmow \| Casekow \| Flieth-Stegelitz \| Gartz \| Gerswalde \| Göritz \| Gramzow \| Grünow \| Hohenselchow-Groß Pinnow \| Lychen \| Mark Landin \| Mescherin \| Milmersdorf \| Mittenwalde \| Nordwestuckermark \| Oberuckersee \| Passow \| Pinnow \| Prenzlau \| Randowtal \| Schenkenberg \| Schöneberg \| Schönfeld \| Schwedt \| Tantow \| Temmen-Ringenwalde \| Templin \| Uckerfelde \| Uckerland \| Zichow