Warszewo (; German until 1945: ) is an administrative neighbourhood forming a subdivision of the North district in the city of Szczecin, Poland. It is a mixed residential area with low-rise single-family and mid-rise multifamily housing. The neighbourhood has an area of 7.3 km<sup>2</sup> (2.8 sq mi), and in 2025, was inhabited by 12,416 people. Warszewo also includes the St. Anthony of Padua Church, a Roman Catholic Gothic Revival parish church dating to 1874. Within its boundries, it also includes the neighbourhoods of Odolany, Podbórz, and Stoki.
Warszewo was most likely founded in the 13th century as a small farming community. In the 18th century, the hamlet of Bukowo was established to its east, and in the 19th century, the hamlets of Podbórz, Stoki, and Sienno were also founded around it. At the turn of the 20th century, Warszewo developed into a suburb, and in the 1920s, the hamlet of Odolany was founded to its south. The area was incorporated into the city of Szczecin in 1939.
Toponomy
The name Warszewo comes from the word Warsz, which is a diminutive form of the Slavic name Warcisław (). It was later Germanised into , and changed to Polish name again in 1945. In 1779, Warszewo had 15 farms and 2 livestock farms. Between 1824 and 1826, the serfdom was abolished in Warszewo, with the farmlands being granted the lands in a perpetual lease for the price of 3,098 thalers.
In the 18th century, the hamlet of Bukowo (Buchholz) was founded to the east of Warszewo, on the southern side of the Gręziniec stream. Originally used for sheep farming, it pivoted to the farming of the sugar beets in the 19th century, which were sold to a sugar refinery in Drzetowo (Bredow). The same century, the hamlet of Stoki (Rollberg) was also founded to the south of Warszewo, as property of Bukowo, to also farm suger beets. In 1825, the hamlet of Nowe Bukowo (; Nue-Buchholz) was founded to the west of Bukowo, which was renamed to Stare Bukowo (; Alt-Buchholz), to house the employees of a clay quarry and three brickworks which were founded nearby. They produced around 100,000 bricks annually. A clay quarry and six brickworks were also founded in Stoki. In the second half of the 19th century, the estate of Bukowo was subdivided and sold off. Additionally, in the 19th century, the hamlets of Podbórz (Waldschlösschen bei Buchholz) and Sienno (Heuershof) were also founded, being located to the north and east of Warszewo, respectively. In 1862, Warszewo and Nowe Bukowo had 788 and 111 residents respectively.
thumb|250px|The St. Anthony of Padua Church, built in 1874.
In 1874, the St. Anthony of Padua Church (then known as the Warszewo Village Church) was built at 14 Szczecińska Street in place of the former wooden structure, which was demolished in 1864, due to being in a poor condition. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style and belonged to the Lutheran denomination. In 1945, it was changed to Roman Catholic.
New housing developments were built in Warszewo at the turn of the 20th century. In 1910, it had 1,200 residents. Between the late 1920s and the early 1930s, the hamlet of Odolany (Wedelshöhe) was founded to the south of Warszewo, as a city suburb with several single-family detached home and villas. Prior to 1939, it had 180 residents. A new housing developments in Warszewo were also in the area of the current Dzierżonia and Perlista Streeet.
In 1934, a concrete sculptur by Kurt Schwerdtfeger, titled the Elephant, was unveiled as the main element of a small fountain at the intersection of the currnet Poznańska and Szczecińska Streets. The fountain was turned off in the 1960s. Over time, the scultpure, having a form of a small statue of an elephant, became widely considered as the symbol of Warszewo by the local residents.
On 15 October 1939, the area of Warszewo and surrounding settlements was incorporated into the city of Szczecin. At the time Warszewo had 3340 residents. During the Second World War, a forced labour camp operated in Odolany, imprisoning Polish inmates deported from the occupied Poland. The hamlets of Nowe Bukowo, Stare Bukowo, and Podbórz were abandoned, with their buildings being later dismantled for their bricks, which were used in other construction projects in the city. The only remaining structures in the area of Bukowo were several artefacts left from the landscape park alongside the Gręziniec stream, and the Bukowo Rock. Afterwards, the new housing of the neighbourhood of Bukowo was developed to the north of the stream.
In the 1960s, new housing developments were built in Odolany. In 1960, it had the population of 2,214 people. On 28 November 1990, the neighbourhood of Warszewo was established as one of the administrative subdivisions of the West district, being governed by an elected neighbourhood council. It also included the neighbourhoods of Odolany, and Podbórz, and the nothern side of Stoki, as well as the areas of the former settlements of Nowe Bukowo and Stare Bukowo. The neighbourhood of Bukowo became its own administrative subdivision, with its boundary with Warszewo being marked by the Gręziniec stream. Additionally, the nieghbourhood of Sienno, historically assosiated with Warszewo, became part of the subdivision of Żelechowa instead.
New single- and multifamily housing developments begun being constructed across Warszewo in the second half of the 1990s, and continues throughout the first quarter of the 21st century.
Characteristics
thumb|250px|The 1934 sculpture by Kurt Schwerdtfeger, titled [[Elephant, widely considered as the symbol of Warszewo.]]
Warszewo is a mixed residential neighbourhood with numerous low-rise single-family and mid-rise multifamily housing estates. It also includes smaller neighbourhoods of Podbórz in the north, and Stoki and Odolany in the south.
The neighbourhood includes the 1934 sculpture by Kurt Schwerdtfeger, titled the Elephant, placed at the corner of Poznańska and Szczecińska Streets. It has a form of a small concrete statue of an elephant, and is widely considered as the symbol of Warszewo.
Government and boundaries
Warszewo is one of the administrative neighbourhoods forming a subdivision of the North district in the city of Szczecin, Poland. It is governed by a locally elected neighbourhood council with 15 members. Its headquarters are located at 7 Poznańska Street. Its boundaries are approximately determined by the Gręziniec stream, Wkrzańska Street, Królewskiego Street, Księcia Warcisława I Street, the Sienniczka strea, Włoska Street, the Bystry Rów stream, Duńska Street, the buildings on Kostrzewskiego and Dzierżonia Streets, the Warszewiec stream, Północna Street, Andersena Street, the buildings on Królowej Śniegu and Karkonoska Streets, Podbórzańska Street, and the city boundry. Warszewo borders the neighbourhoods of Arkońskie-Niemierzyn, Bukowo, Golęcino-Gocław, Niebuszewo, Osów, and Żelechowa, and the municipality of Police in Police County. The neighbourhood has the total area of 7.3 km<sup>2</sup> (2.8 sq mi).