History

A cash settlement of Å?eba was 1st mentioned within 1282. At that period a village was placed astir deuce kilometers west from either a present mouth of the Å?eba Flow of any stream. Å?eba received municipal rights in the month 1357. Å?ebthe developed to the camping port & a wood marketplace.

Å?eba was threatened for numerous centuries by floods & expanding sand dunes. When 1558 Å?ebthe was rebuilt in a safer location. In the 18th century a large port was rest on instruction of the Prussian king. In a course of a harbor construction the 34 meter wide channel between the Å?ebsko flow of any stream & the Baltic Sea was dug.

In the proximity of Å?eba there is a big touching metropolitan area for long-range rocket weapons. On this locality a German long-range rocket Rheinbote was tested between 1941 and 1945. Too a V-1 flying bomb was tested here from either 1943 to 1945. Between 1963 and 1973 33 Polish sounding rockets of the type Meteor were launched inside Å?eba (http://www.astronautix.com/sites/leba.htm). Allegedly, a German general Erwin Rommel practiced desert warfare in the huge sand dune of Å?eba.

Famous people

When World War I Å?eba became a popular resort for German bohemians. Max Pechstein and other expressionists frequented the place.

Sights

Å?eba possesses two or three objects of interest: ruins of the Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas church) west of the city on the way to the beach fishermen's church of 1863 fishermen's abode from either a 19th Century in ulica Koszciulski a castle inside ulica Sosnowa, now the hotel Neptun former rocket line 1 text places touching Pletka (http://manfredlawrenz.bei.t-on the internet.de/hp_s10.htm) there is an abundance of architectural & natural attractions touching Å?eba, e.g. a Slowinzi national park by owning a sand dunes, Viii kilometre west of the city.

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