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Large group of French [[Hugenots]] settled in Szczecin bringing new dvelpoments into the city crafts and factories ([[manufacture]]). The population started to increase from 6 thousand in 1720 to 21 th in 1816 and 58 thousand in 1861. The 19th century was the age of large territorial expansion of the city, especially after [[1873]] when the fortress was abolished. In [[1821]] the crafts corporations were abolished, and in [[1821]] steam transport on the Odra began, allowing development of trade. The port was developing quickly specialising in exports of agricultural products and coal from [[Silesia]].
In [[1843]] Szczecin was connected by the first railway line to [[Berlin]], and in [[1848]] by the second railway to [[Poznan]]. New branches of manufacturing good industry were developing, including shipbuilding (Wulkan shipyard) and ironworks using Swedish ores. Population grew to 236 thousand in [[1910]] and 382
During [[World War II]] Szczecin was main centre of weapons industry and there were several slave workers camps in the city. 65% of Szczecin buildings and almost all city centre, seaport, and industry were destroyed during the Allied airraids in [[1944]] and heavy fightings between the Nazi German and Soviet Army ([[26 April]] [[1945]]).
After [[WWII]] Polish-German border was moved to the west to the [[Oder-Neisse line]]. Most of Pomerania, including Szczecin and the Odra mouth fell to Poland. The German inhabitants of Szczecin first escaped from the city, next returned as it was undecided if the city will be in Poland or [[East Germany]]. In the 1950s most of the Szczecin Germans left, were
The city was settled with the new inhabitants from every region of Poland, including those who lost their homes in the eastern Polish territories lost to the [[Soviet Union]]. The patronage of the settlement process was taken by city of [[Poznan]] in [[Greater Poland]]
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