Pomorzany (; German until 1945: ) is a municipal neighbourhood of Szczecin, Poland, located within the West district. It is a mid-rise housing estate dominated by tenement houses. Pomorzany has an area of 7.1 km<sup>2</sup>, and in 2025, was inhabited by 17,453 people, making it the fourth most populous neighbourhood. It is a residential neighbourhood with mid-rise apartment buildings, which also features numerous factories.
The first traces of human activity in the area of today's Pomorzany date from the late Neolithic period. The human settlement stabilised in the area in the 8th century, and the village of Pomorzany was first attested in the documents in 1253. Its northern part was incorporated into the city in 1864, and the rest, in 1939. In the second half of the 19th century, numerous factories were opened in the neighbourhood. Beginning in the 1960s, several mid-rise housing estates with apartment buildings were developed in the neighbourhood.
Toponomy
Historically, the neighbourhood was known by the German name Pommerensdorf, which, coming from lemmas Pommeren, meaning Pomerania, and dorf, meaning village, translates to Pomeranian village. The current Polish name Pomorzany is the calque of the former, with the term Pomorze, also meaning Pomerania.
History
thumb|200px|left|The St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe Church, dating to the 14th century.
The first traces of human activity in the area of today's Pomorzany date from the late Neolithic period. The stabilisation of the settlement in this area occurred in the 8th century. The oldest record of Pomorzany, then a small farming community, dates to documents issued by Duke Barnim I on 8 May 1253, where it was recorded under the name Pomerenstorp. In the following centuries, the spelling evolved to Pommerensdorf. In the 14th century, the Pommerensdorf Church was built in the village, with the Gothic style, situated on a slope paved with field stones and surrounded by a defensive wall. Originally, it belonged to the Catholic denomination, and following the reformation, it became Lutheran. The building was destroyed by the Swedish army during the siege in the Scanian War, and was rebuilt afterwards. Later, it was rebuilt once more, eventually losing its Gothic appearance. The church was destroyed again during the Second World War. It was rebuilt in 1973, being reopened as the St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe Church, belonging again to the Catholic denomination. Next to it was also placed a small cemetery yard, which was eventually cleared out in 1978. The church is located at the current 67 and 69 Włościańska Street.
In 1865, the Pomorzany Cemetery was founded between the current Powstańców Wielkopolskich Avenue and Grudziądzka Street, to serve as the burial site for the local population. It had an area of around 11 ha. The burials at the cemetery were ceased in 1928, and in 1938, its southern half was cleared to make space for the extension of the hospital, with the graves being moved to the Central Cemetery. After the Second World War, its remaining portion was also cleared out, and turned into the General Dowbór-Muśnicki Pomorzany Park, with an area of 5.5 ha.
The northern part of the village, known as Pommerensdorfer Anlagen (lit. Extension of Pomorzany), was incorporated into the city of Szczecin in 1864, with the current streets of Dziewiątego Maja, Smolańska, Szczawiowa, and Bydgoska, forming the new boundary. The other half was absorbed in 1939, during the formation of the Greater City of Stettin. In 1899, Pomorzany was also the final station on the narrow-gauge railway line leading to Casekow. Within the neighbourhood were located stations of Pommerensdorf Kleinbahnhof (narrow-gauge station) and Pommerensdorf Hafen (harbour) near Bygdoska Street, and Güstow near the corner of Szczawiowa and Ustowska Streets, for the nearby village of Ustowo. The line was closed down in 1946, with most of the rail tracks being removed.
Beginning in the second half of the 19th century, numerous factories were opened in the neighbourhood, as well as gasworks, a power plant, and a wastewater treatment plant In 1975, it acquired franchise rights to produce and bottle Pepsi soda drinks, as one of the first free companies in the country.
thumb|left|The monument dedicated to the victims of the [[Nazi Germany forced labor camps in Pomorzany during the Second World War.]]
During the Second World War, seven forced labor camps with prisoners from Poland, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union, among other countries. Many prisoners died in the camps.
Most of the local factories were reopened after the conflict. The neighbourhood remained sparsely populated until the late 1960s, when it began being developed with the construction of the mid-rise apartment buildings in its eastern side. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, a mid-rise housing estate was also developed at the Hetman Hill (). In 1984, a building of a water towar at 3 Orawska Street, dating to 1865, was modified and adopted as a Catholic church, named for Our Lady of the Bright Mountain. It was closed in 2008, being replaced with the neighbouring Pomeranian Bridge.
In 1990, following the administrative reform in the city, Pomorzany became one of its municipal neighbourhoods, governed by a locally elected council.
In 1992, the Polish Atherosclerosis Research Association was founded with its headquarters in Pomorzany, at 72 Powstańców Wielkopolskich Avenue.
In 2000, the Omni Molo shopping centre was opened at 73 Mieszka I Street, with a floor area of 26,235 m<sup>2</sup>. It was originally known as Piast, later being renamed to Atrium Molo, and again, to its current name in 2023. In 2020, the Retail Park Mieszka was opened it next to it, with the floor area of 10,000 m<sup>2</sup>. Additionally, in 2008, in the municipality of Kołbaskowo, near the city boundary, Pomorzany neighbourhood, and the village of Ustowo, was opened the Auchan Kołbaskowo shopping centre, with the floor area of 21,731 m<sup>2</sup>. It is placed at 45 Ustowo Street.
Overview
thumb|250px|The Our Lady of the Bright Mountain Church.
Pomorzany is a residential neighbourhood with mid-rise apartment buildings.
Pomorzany includes the Omni Molo shopping centre at 73 Mieszka I Street, with the floor area of 26,235 m<sup>2</sup>, and the neighbouring Retail Park Mieszka with the floor area of 10,000 m<sup>2</sup>.
Its boundaries are approximately determined by Powstańców Wielkopolskich Avenue, the tracks of the railway line no. 406, Generalska Street, Dąbrowskiego Street, Zapadła Street, the West Oder river, Krygiera Street, Południowa Street, the tracks of the railway line no. 432, Białowieska Street, and Mieszka I Street. Pomorzany borders the neighbourhoods of Gumieńce, Turzyn, New Town, and Międzyodrze-Wyspa Pucka. Its southern boundary forms the city border, neighbouring the municipality of Kołbaskowo in the Police County, including the village of Ustowo. The neighbourhood has a total area of 7.1 km<sup>2</sup>.