Abandoned Polish farmhouses in Cedynia by Silva Wischeropp

About "Abandoned Polish farmhouses in Cedynia"

by Silva Wischeropp

About the artwork

I discovered this wintry, tranquil Polish landscape motif in the evening hours during a short trip by car from Bad Freienwalde to Cedynia on 4 February 2019. The photo was taken with the NIKON D90 camera (lens: SIGMA 18.0-70.0 mm f/3.5-4.5).

Cedynia [t͜sɛˈdɨɲa] (German: Zehden) is a small town in the Gryfiński powiat in the Polish voivodeship of West Pomerania.
The town is located in the Neumark, three kilometres east of the Oder and 17 kilometres north-east of the town of Bad Freienwalde (Oder), which can be reached via an Oder bridge.
Archaeological research has shown that the area around Cedynia was settled around 3500 BC. Around the 8th century BC, a castle was built and another settlement was established in the area. The area was depopulated in the course of the migration of peoples that began in the 5th century and was taken over by Slavic tribes from the 8th century onwards.
Towards the end of the Second World War, the Oder Bridge was destroyed in February 1945 during fighting between the German Wehrmacht and the Red Army. On 3 February 1945, the Red Army captured Zehden, 45 percent of which had been destroyed, and placed it under the administration of the Polish People's Republic in May 1945. The latter renamed the town Cedno, later Cedynia, expelled its inhabitants in June 1945 by the Polish People's Army and began to resettle Poles in its place. The railway line was demolished all the way to the Oder. A monument was erected on the banks of the Oder in 1972 to commemorate the battle of 972.

On 4 November 2012, a major fire destroyed around a third of the stalls and shops at the Hohenwutzen - Oder Center Berlin Polish market, which opened in 1995 right next to the Oder bridge. The market was able to reopen two days later.