Küstrin
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Küstrin is a historic town on the Oder River—now largely part of Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland—that once belonged to Germany and served as a significant Prussian fortress and administrative center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Küstrin canonical | 6 |
| Küstrin-Kietz | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former German town
ⓘ
fortress town ⓘ historic town ⓘ |
| borderRole | frontier town between German and Polish territories ⓘ |
| country |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| currentAdministrativeEntity | Kostrzyn nad Odrą urban area ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Poland ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Kostrzyn nad Odrą ⓘ |
| formerSovereign |
German Empire
ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| fortificationsBuiltBy |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| GermanNameOf | Kostrzyn nad Odrą ⓘ |
| hasPart | Küstrin fortress ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Prussian fortress
ⓘ
administrative center ⓘ |
| heritage |
historic old town foundations
ⓘ
preserved fortress ruins ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Battle of Küstrin (1945)
ⓘ
heavily damaged in World War II ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brandenburg
ⓘ
western Poland ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Oder River ⓘ |
| militaryFunction |
fortified bridgehead on the Oder
ⓘ
garrison town ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Frankfurt (Oder) ⓘ |
| notableFeature | location at confluence of Oder and Warta rivers ⓘ |
| partOf |
Germany
ⓘ
Neumark region ⓘ
surface form:
Neumark
Prussia ⓘ |
| postWarStatus |
German population expelled after World War II
ⓘ
largely destroyed town center ⓘ territory transferred to Poland after World War II ⓘ |
| region |
Lubusz Voivodeship
ⓘ
surface form:
Lubusz region (modern Poland)
Margraviate of Brandenburg ⓘ
surface form:
historical Brandenburg
|
| strategicImportance |
border fortress on the Oder River
ⓘ
gateway between Brandenburg and Poland ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMajorImportance |
18th century Prussia
ⓘ
19th century Prussia ⓘ Early modern period ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| transportRole |
railway junction
ⓘ
river crossing on the Oder ⓘ |
| urbanStatus | town ⓘ |
| wasSeatOf |
Neumark administration
ⓘ
Prussian provincial authorities ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Küstrin-Kietz