This article is about the island. For the town on Wolin island, see Wolin (town). For American political theorist, see Sheldon Wolin.
"Wollin" redirects here. For the town in Germany, see Wollin, Brandenburg.
Wolin
Landsat satellite photo of Oder Lagoon - Wolin is the eastern of the two large islands separating the waters of the Lagoon from the Baltic Sea, the western island is Usedom
Wolin (Polish:[ˈvɔlin]; German: Wollin[vɔˈliːn]) is a Polish island in the Baltic Sea, just off the Polish coast. Administratively, the island belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Wolin is separated from the island of Usedom (Uznam) by the Strait of Świna, and from mainland Pomerania by the Strait of Dziwna. The island has an area of 265 km2 (102 sq mi) and its highest point is Mount Grzywacz at 116 m above sea level. The number of inhabitants is 30,000. Eastern suburbs of the city of Świnoujście extend to the Wolin island, while the towns of Międzyzdroje and Wolin lie further east.
Water from the river Oder flows into the Szczecin Lagoon and from there through the Peene west of Usedom, Świna and Dziwna into the Bay of Pomerania in the Baltic Sea.
Most of the island consists of forests and postglacial hills. In the middle is the Wolin National Park. The island is the main tourist attraction of northwestern Poland, and it is crossed by several marked tourist trails, such as a 73-kilometer-long (45 mi) trail from Międzyzdroje to Dziwnówek. There is a main, electrified rail line, which connects Szczecin and Świnoujście, as well as the international road E65 (national road 3 / S3 expressway) crossing the island.
Some etymologists believe that the name is related to the name of the ancient historical region of Volhynia.[1] The origins of the name then would come from the resettled Volynians who named the island Volyn.[2]
^Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde (in German). Jankuhn, Herbert (1905-1990), Hoops, Johannes (1865-1949) (2, völlig neu bearb. und stark erw. Aufl. unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgelehrter. Hrsg. von Herbert Jankuhn ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter. 1968–2007. ISBN 9783110183894. OCLC 15490062.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^Zwischen Reric und Bornhöved : die Beziehungen zwischen den Dänen und ihren slawischen Nachbarn vom 9. bis ins 13. Jahrhundert : Beiträge einer internationalen Konferenz, Leipzig, 4.-6. Dezember 1997. Harck, Ole., Lübke, Christian. Stuttgart: F. Steiner. 2001. ISBN 978-3515076715. OCLC 48057814.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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