Stettin

(stet-tên',) a strongly fortified city and river port of Pru ia, C. of p. Pomerania, on the Oder, 36 m. below the entrance of the latter river into the Baltic. Ithas an extensive shipping-trade, and ranks as a leading commercial emporium on the Baltic. Pop. 73,714.The Stettin-Haff is a considerable expansion of theOder, bet. the city of Stettin and the coast. It fills an area of 200 sq. m., and connects with the Baltic by a delta of three mouths. [s. 857]