Frankfurt (Oder)

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• Nîmes
• Heilbronn
• Tzoran-Kadima
• Słubice County
• Słubice
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• Tijuana
• Gorzów Wielkopolski
• Vitebsk
• Scandicci
• Yuma

History

Prior to 1249, a West Slavic settlement named Zliwitz along with the Lubusz Land was part of the Kingdom of Poland. The Piast duke Henry the Bearded granted Zliwitz staple rights in 1225. In 1226, construction of the St. Nicholas Church (today's Friedenskirche) began. In 1249, the settlement became part of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. The town of Frankfurt received its charter in 1253 at the Brandendamm. The early settlers lived on the western banks of the Oder; later the town was extended to the eastern bank. After a war broke out over control of the region in 1319, the town came under the control of the Duchy of Pomerania. In 1319, Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania, granted new privileges to the town. The town fell again to Brandenburg in 1324. In the Late Middle Ages, the town dominated the river trade between Wrocław and Szczecin. In 1430, Frankfurt joined the Hanseatic League. In 1432, the Czech Hussites captured the town. In the 16th century, many Polish exports, including grain, wood, ash, tar and hemp, were floated from western Poland via Frankfurt to the port of Szczecin, with the high Brandenburgian customs duties on Polish goods lowered in the early 17th century. In April 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, Frankfurt was the site of the Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. stormed the town and destroyed many buildings, e.g. the Georgen Hospital. The result was a Swedish victory. In the 16th century the oldest church of the town (today's Friedenskirche) was secularized and was even used as a granary, and from the 17th century it served as the church of the French Huguenots. The city was briefly occupied by the Russian Imperial Army during the Seven Years' War, in August 1759, in the prelude to the battle…

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  852
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  848
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  832
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  769
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  756
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  657
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  562
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  529