Wolin or Wollin is an island located in the Baltic Sea located just off the Polish coast. It is nearly connected to the island of Usedom. Water from the Oder river (Odra) flows into the Szczecin Bay (in PolishZalew Szczeciński; in GermanStettiner Haff), through the strait into Pomeranian Bay (in Polish Zatoka Pomorska; in German Pommersche Bucht), which is a part of the Baltic Sea.
Area: 265 km²
Highest point: Mt. Grzywacz, 115 m above sea level
Most of the island consists of forests and postglacial hills. Located in the middle is the Wolin National Park.
History
An anonymous mediæval document of ca.850, called Bavarian Geographer mentions the tribe of Volinians who have 70 strongholds (Uelunzani civitates LXX). Some have speculated that the semi-legendary settlement of Jomsborg may have been sited on the island.
Der Stall Wollin ist ein Zusammenschluß von Galopprennsport begeisterten Menschen, die gemeinsam der Faszination Vollblut einen Teil Ihrer Freizeit widmen.
Wollin stammt mütterlicherseits vom dem Kanadischen Hengst Windfields ab, der wiederum Namensgeber für die Geburtsstätte des berühmtesten Deckhengst des 20.
Als Zuchtstute hat Wollin mit ihren Nachkommen den Grundstein für den nach ihr benannte Stallgemeinschaft gelegt.
WOLLIN, an island of Germany, in the Prussian province of Pomerania, the more easterly of the islands at the mouth of the Oder which separate the Stettiner Haff from the Baltic Sea.
It is divided from the mainland on the E. by the Dievenow Channel, and from Usedom on the W. by the Swine.
Wollin, the only town, is situated on the Dievenow, and is connected with the mainland by three bridges.
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