Cedynia (German: Zehden) is a town in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Gryfino County. It lies close to the Oder River, near the border with Germany. It has 1,648 inhabitants (2004). A Communist-era monument to first historically recorded battle of Poland was erected in the town after Second World War. Capital city Szczecin Area 22,896 km² Population (2004)  - Density 1,694,865 74/km² Powiats  - Urban counties  - Land counties 3 18 Communes 114 Administrative divisions: West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo zachodniopomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodeship in northwestern Poland. ... Gryfino County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. ... The Oder River (Czech/Polish: Odra, German: Oder, Ancient Latin: Viadua, Viadrus, Medieval Latin: Odera, Oddera) is a river in Central Europe. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Poland Lusatia Commanders Mieszko I of Poland Murgrave Hodon Strength Unknown, supposed to be not more than 4000 Unknown, supposed to be not more than 4000 Casualties Unknown, supposed to be low Unknown, chronicles say that All the great knights have died // The Battle of Cedynia happened on 24... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

History

First settlements are recorded in the 7th century B.C.

The town is situated directly across the Oder River from the town of Oderberg. The Oder River (Czech/Polish: Odra, German: Oder, Ancient Latin: Viadua, Viadrus, Medieval Latin: Odera, Oddera) is a river in Central Europe. ... Bohumín (-Czech, German: Oderberg, Polish: Bogumin) is a city in the Czech Republic near the border with Poland. ...

The Polish Cedynia website (external link below) states: Najstarsza zapisana w dokumentach nazwa grodu pojawia się już pod rokiem 972 jako Cidini, w 1187 Zedin i Cedene, w 1240 Ceden.

Translation:

Name of city appears in documents under oldest written records already in the year 972 as Cidini, in 1187 as Zedin and Cedene, in 1240 as Ceden.

In 972, the first historically recorded battle of the first duke of the Polans took place at this location on June 24. At this battle, recorded as Schlacht bei Zehden Battle of Cedynia, duke Mieszko I of Poland and his brother, recorded in chronicles as Cidebur (Polish: Czcibor) defeated Hodo I, the German margrave of the Northern March and Lusatia. Information about this battle is found in the Gall Anonim Chronicle and the Thietmar Chronicle. This was one of Mieszko's and his son Boleslaw I's numerous battles, that they took up in their conquests and conquest attempts in several neighboring countries, soon after they received positions as dukes. In the Early Middle Ages there were two separate Slavic tribes bearing the name of Polans: Polans, an Eastern Slavic tribe living in the area of Dnieper river Polans, an Western Slavic tribe living in the area of Warta. ... Combatants Poland Lusatia Commanders Mieszko I of Poland Murgrave Hodon Strength Unknown, supposed to be not more than 4000 Unknown, supposed to be not more than 4000 Casualties Unknown, supposed to be low Unknown, chronicles say that All the great knights have died // The Battle of Cedynia happened on 24... Reign From c. ... Margrave is the English and French form (recorded since 1551) of the German title Markgraf (from Mark march and Graf count) and certain equivalent nobiliary (princely) titles in other languages. ... Northern March (in German, Nordmark), was the Holy Roman Empires territorial organisation on the conquered areas of the Wends. ... Lusatia (German Lausitz, Upper Sorbian Łužica, Lower Sorbian Łužyca, Polish Łużyce, Czech Lužice) is a historical region between the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers and the Elbe river in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg, south-western Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) and the northern... Gallus Anonymus (Polish: Gall Anonim) living in XIth and XIIth century. ... Thietmar (modern spelling Dietmar), (969-December 1, 1019) was bishop of Merseburg and a chronologist. ... Reign From 992 until 1025 Coronation On April 18, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Mieszko I Dubrawka Consorts Rikdaga Judith Enmilda Oda Children with Judith Bezprym with Enmilda Regelina Mieszko II Lambert Otton with Oda Matylda Date of Birth 966...

Mieszko I defeated margrave Hodo, whose job it was to protect the land. Thus Mieszko of the Polans gained access for the first time in 972 to the Oder River going north into the Baltic Sea and to some parts of the land, later called Pomerania. Under Boleslaw I the name Poland was for the first time used. Boleslaw and successors conquered Pomerania temporarily a few more times. The Oder River (Czech/Polish: Odra, German: Oder, Ancient Latin: Viadua, Viadrus, Medieval Latin: Odera, Oddera) is a river in Central Europe. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ... Duchy of Pomerania ruled by the slavic dynasty of Griffits (Polish: Gryfici, German: Greiffen) was a semi-independent state in the 17th century. ...

In 1252 the town of (Cidini, Zedin, Cedene, Ceden (modern German Zehden, all pronounced about the same) became a part of Mark Brandenburg and in 1278 the Cistercians erected a cloister for females there, which was secularized after the Reformation. During wars in the 17th century the town was destroyed by Swedes. In 1701 it became a part of the Kingdom of Prussia, (previously Brandenburg-Prussia). In 1945 Zehden along with all of eastern Brandenburg, was again conquered by Poland. Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... Flag of Prussia (1894 - 1918) The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. ...   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ...

An ironical footnote: The first dukes of Poland went out with the sword to conquer in the name of Christianization. A thousand years later it was Communism. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Stadt u Amt Zehden city in 1652 and cloister ruins today
• Polish site with early spellings of town name
• Official town website
• Town plan
• Map via mapa.szukacz.pl
• Zehden is 30 miles N/E of Berlin on 1882 map of Brandenburg

See also

• Battle of Cedynia

Coordinates: 52°52′N 14°12′E Combatants Poland Lusatia Commanders Mieszko I of Poland Murgrave Hodon Strength Unknown, supposed to be not more than 4000 Unknown, supposed to be not more than 4000 Casualties Unknown, supposed to be low Unknown, chronicles say that All the great knights have died // The Battle of Cedynia happened on 24... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...