The article is an attempt at addressing the question of the Prussian State’s involvement in the economy during the interwar period, as it was first one of the constituent states of the Weimar Republic and then a part of the Third Reich. After the First World War, the economic and social problems of Prussia resulted from the general difficult situation of Germany. However, Prussia in particular suffered serious territorial losses in the east of the country. Many petitions and requests demanding the state’s active involvement in solving economic and socio-demographic problems were addressed to the Prussian government. A very important premise for this involvement was the political motivation and willingness to solve the ongoing problems indicated by the economic sector and local administration. The investment of the state’s financial resources into the Port of Szczecin and the establishment of the Port Community of Szczecin was conditioned, on the one hand, by the failure of negotiations with the City-State of Hamburg to establish a similar port community. On the other hand, it stressed the importance that the Port of Szczecin acquired during the First World War. As a result of the Prussian State’s involvement, investments of at least several million marks worth were made in the port. The change in the form of cooperation between the state and the City of Szczecin in terms of managing the port, which took place in 1929, led to the creation of the Port Company in Szczecin. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the amount of funds that the Prussian State allocated to the Port of Szczecin was limited. During the Nazi period, some more costly investment projects in the Port of Szczecin were drafted but they were never implemented.
‘Szczecin’ was a journal that was coming out in the years 1957–1962 as a direct forerunner of the ‘West-Pomeranian Journal’ (Przegląd Zachodniopomorski). So far the contents of the ‘Szczecin’ Journal, as well as its role in shaping the academic community and in influencing the economic, social and political reality have not been fully analysed. Hence the conclusion that this role is underestimated o even deprecated. In all the issues of ‘Szczecin’ historical questions were covered most extensively. Yet, according to what its editor-in-chief, Henryk Lesiński, had announced the journal was to be open to all the disciplines of social science and humanities. As a result, in addition to the historical questions, the journal also dealt with literary and economic problems. Among the authors there were not only representatives of the Szczecin academic community, but scholars from outside as well. In 1963 ‘Szczecin’ was transformed into the ‘West-Pomeranian Journal’, which has been published to date. The change of the name was caused by practical aspects: the former title suggested a narrow fi eld of interest, limited to the West-Pomeranian capital. After the change the regional character of the journal has been better emphasised.
Położenie geograficzne stwarzało naturalne warunki do uprawiania handlu morskiego przez liczne ośrodki miejskie na Pomorzu Zachodnim. W świadomości historycznej współczesnych mieszkańców Pomorza nie funkcjonuje przekonanie o bezpośrednim zaangażowaniu w handlu morskim takich miast, jak Stargard Szczeciński, Goleniów, Trzebiatów, Kamień Pomorski czy Wolin. Szukając odpowiedzi na pytanie, dlaczego niektóre miasta i osady zaprzestały pełnienia funkcji morskich, inne zaś zawężały te funkcje lub je rozwijały, nie możemy ograniczać się do analizy wyłącznie czynników ekonomicznych, chociaż miały one pomimo wszystko znaczenie decydujące. W dziejach pomorskich miast nadbałtyckich widoczny stawał się taki moment, kiedy samo w miarę dogodne położenie nadmorskie nie wystarczało do uprawiania handlu morskiego. W niektórych momentach przełomowych dla uprawiania handlu morskiego warunki naturalne trzeba było polepszać, pogłębiać tory wodne, umacniać lub budować nowe nabrzeża, wznosić nowe falochrony i uzbrajać porty w nowoczesną infrastrukturę przeładunkową, by utrzymać pozycję silnego ośrodka handlu. Nowe wyzwania pojawiały się też na zapleczu – zwłaszcza potrzeba inwestycji w nowe połączenia komunikacyjne. Przełomowym okresem dla uprawiania handlu morskiego stało się XIX stulecie.
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