Stettin

A fortified town of Pru ia, capital of the province of Pomerania, on the left bank of the Oder, 78 miles northeast from Berlin. In 1121, Boleslas, duke of Poland, gained po e ion of it. The peace of Westphalia gave it to the Swedes. From them it pa ed to the Pru ians, with whom, though not without some interruptions, it has since remained. In 1171 it was besieged by the Danes; in 1677 by the elector of Brandenburg; in 1713 by the Pru ians; and from 1806 to 1813 it was occupied by the French.