Drzetowo


Drzetowo is located in Poland, an historical municipal neighbourhood of the City of Szczecin. It was merged with another historical neighbourhood and has formed present Drzetowo-Grabowo neighbourhood.

History

Before 1945 when Szczecin was a part of Germany, the German name of this suburb was Stettin-Bredow, or just Bredow. Historically, when part of Germany, the Vulcan iron-works and shipbuilding yards were located here. The liners “Deutschland”, the “Kaiserin Augusta Victoria”, and the “George Washington”, then the largest vessel — long, 27,000 tons — in the German mercantile marine, were built. There were also sugar, cement and other factories.