Podgrodzie, Coastal village in Nowe Warpno, Poland.
Podgrodzie is a coastal village on a peninsula in northwestern Poland, sitting between Nowowarpińska Bay and the Szczecin Lagoon. Rows of traditional fishing houses line the waterfront, and the village has a small marina and a sandy beach.
The village was founded in 1305 under the name Wendischer Berg-Altstadt and remained a fishing settlement for many centuries. After World War I, its role shifted when it was turned into a rehabilitation center.
From 1952 to 1962, this village hosted the Children's Republic, a place where young residents took part in running their own community. Some of the buildings from that period are still standing and visible today.
The village sits close to the Półwysep Podgrodzie nature reserve and Łysa Wyspa island, both reachable by boat or on foot from the shore. The area is easiest to explore in the warmer months, when conditions are better for walking along the water.
A narrow-gauge railway once ran through the village, built from parts salvaged when a nearby rail siding was taken apart. Some traces of that forgotten line can still be spotted in the landscape today.
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