Stettin

Stettin, the capital of Pomerania, and the second in size of the Baltic seaports of the German Empire, stands on the left bank of the Oder at its mouth in the Stettiner Haf, which, with an area of 200 square miles, affords safe anchorage for all the navies of the world, but is rather shallow. Swinemunde, at the entrance to the Haf, has deeper water. During the last twenty years Stettin has become a very important naval station, possessing an arsenal, docks, building-sheds, forges, and a school of navigation, and being strongly fortified. There are also factories for machinery, cement, soap, and chemicals. Several bridges connect the town with the suburb of Lastadie across the river.