Goleniow

Goleniow is a metropolis in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,399 inhabitants. It is the capital of Goleniow County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship; previously it became in Szczecin Voivodeship. It is situated in the centre of Goleniowska Forest on Goleniow Plain, near predominant roads numbers 3 and 6. Nearby city-part: Helenow. The international airport Szczecin-Goleniow "Solidarnosć" Airport is located just East of the town.

Goleniow, then Gollnow, turned into founded twice: First, Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania granted the settlement Magdeburg Law and extra privileges in 1264, yet the city turned into rechartered with Lubeck Law, which favoured the nearby merchants, in 1314. The town grew by exploiting the sizable timber reserves in the town-owned forests, and with the aid of change. Gollnow was connected to the Baltic Sea alternate routes with the aid of the port of Ihnamunde on the mouth of the Ihna river. Competition with close by Stettin brought about a series of conflicts between the 2 towns, the differences were set aside only in 1615 while the towns signed a reconciling treaty.