MAP OF STARGARD SHOWING TOWN PLAN AND SURROUNDING AREA

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000500430240-5
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May 5, 1999
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240
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April 15, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2000/08/30 : CIA-ROP80-~0809A000500430240-5 U.S. Officials Only coDtyIDwr)AL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT 25X1 A Il SUBJECT Yap of Stargard Showing Town Plan and Surroun ding Area PLACE ACQUIRED (?Y SOURCE) DATE ACQUIRED (BY SOURCE) T.11 DOCUNt11T CONT11e1 lefDaN.lltl 1+1iCTlee TNt NA11D..l OCItN$( OF 1St UNIT0 STATte, SITNIN T.LNtl.NS OF 111L1 11. 1L1110.1 T,1 1.0 T1.. or TNt U.S. can. .1 wuoto. 111 nu/Nn1IO. 0e tlyt. L1t10. OF ITS COlTp.11 tO 01 1[CIIPT OF 1e V.LUTNOII1tD ru/oN It ae.ltl LO IT L. T (fit yeucTleN et TNU fij L U .1 e111,! [I 25X1X 25X1A 1. "The following information dates up to k Feb 54: DATE DISTR./?SAPR 19-7/, NO. 01 .AGES NO. OF i. 'LS. SUPP. TO REPORT NO. Gezrral Background on Stargaird 2. 'I:;targard is sl,uated on the Ina River (German: Ihna). Because it was one of the moat badly damaged ?-t- of .r tcrn rolana, it uow em; the )status of a district town, v.'ith a population or around 12 to 15,000. (Before World War. II, the population vas around 40,000.) The old part of town received particularly heavy druaage during the war. 3. "There are no visible traces in present-day S~argard of its former rolo. It is connected to the Baltic Sea by the Ina and Odra Rivers and used to offer competition to Szczecin as a harbor. Although only a small river, the Ina used to be able to accomodate large ships. Only the old mill-gate (mL nsk briunrs) and the salt ware- houses are still there as remira,rs of Stargard's former importance. h. '"Aecaa:,3e of its situation within a rich agriculturally area, Stargard used to play tit* ::c an i...portant part no a trade center and, to come extent, au a reprocessing center f,,r ttgricultural commodities. Shortly before'Iand during World wain II, :,trrf- vc' was transformed into a huge center of repair-:hops'' for railway car: and ri. 25X1 X ?rior to the war, work!;hope and rallvay depots were built in the northern p,?t of tnun, After 1940, another one , 1oec not specify wha7 - an evt:n larger one - ?.n; aided in the southern part of town. Both these objects war-: dartr`.ger (, ::,.-ing the -,jar but have been rebuilt end are again i n operation. Present industria:i Role "Stargard bus ,thins; of great importance to offer from industrial point or vies.. There i a fairly large ooap and laundry-V1n.ke factory :;nu ra few other smaller plan tf:. SEE U.S. Officiate Only' (??71)ES CONFIDF IAL ,Jizlllr GIS7Ru _~?. 1* i;TATC , IAA.. NAVY I IAIA fat _ )?.aiT~ ~~ ~._.~ report is for the use within the USA of the Intelligence components of the Depa In ents or Agencies indicated ahnve. ::t is not to be tranan Itted overseas without thr coocurrr:nce? nt the n.lr$nnllnc mm~n th 0?,,4 tST. ASn..l.w1 111,....1,.. .1 .1.. ilq. ..D l_TT. .u I _. 25X1X 25X1X Approved For Release 200008/30: CIA-RDP80-0809A000500430240-5 COUMM AL/`JS OFFICIALS ONLT The Six Year Plea foresees the egostruetion of a large condensed milk factory. From the information -receives, this construction has not yet been started. 6. "Near Stargard, In Kluczevo (German: Kluetzuv), ;me of P rania's largest sugar plants is in operation. Very near the sugar plant are an electrically-run flour milli and a large brick factory used in the large town reconstruction program in Cenvral Poland. Military Role "Although not very far free the large exercise-ground areas, Starga_1 itself is of only limited importance an a military garrison. A detachment of th,. 43rd Infantry Regiment is stationed in the reconstructed military barracks. points out that the barracks have been reconstructed in a pre-World War II style) This Regiment is a part of the 12th Infantry Division stationed in Szczecin. that this unit Is motorized. The star gars garrison is in daily contact with the tank regiment stationed in Slupok (Gerona: Stolp). It is said that zone tank regiment supplies are kept in Stirgard. On an almost daily barts, instructors from Slupok go to Stargard. LIM Of stared a pp of star gat+i and the surrosmding area drawn to a scale of 10to which the following legend applies. LTe aforementioned map in cvailable at the CIA Rep Library' LEGEND No. ObjectLoc ation on'Plan 1 Main railway station 2-2 2 Railway atop on the Oaiedle-Pyrzyakie 11ne. 9-5 /siedle not in NIS Gazeteer for Polan 7 Narrowgaugc. railway E-1 2 station 4 Builway workshops flailway workshops' stopping=off point man: lilt-Dnmerou), to 1Colobrzeg (German: Xolberg). A freight- yard inrattachod to this station, from which sidings lead off to the nearby slaughterhouse, flour mills and gas works. D/E-1/2 Dating from the pre-korld War II period.) C/D/E-5/6 Constructed during World War II and nosy under further expansion. E-2 On 1)uorcow,a Street. There are no PV; hnngarc. in Sturgard. The PXS busses only go through 3targard on their way to loenlitino located farther ~,r_st or south. Their final.) stopping point is in Szczccl.n. 2-2 Stargt.rd serves as one of the main distributor-centers for the high- tension net' covering Pomerania. - From its huge distributing statlun, lines of 110 KV go to Szczecin, Gryfino (German: Creifenhagen), Corzow (German: Landsberg/warthe), and Bialognrd (German: Belgard). Stargrlwci is also the distribution center for nnotlier high-tension net with a voltvge up to 60 Mr . COWylls' qi to O 7ICIALS Din None. This stopping-point is at the spot', where the railway repair workshops, constructed during World War II are located. fee Para 4.7 This naz'r -Ba e line connects stargnrd via Stara Dab emirs C-r- 25X1X 25X1X Approved For Release 2000/08/30 : CIA-RDP80-0080OA000500430240-5 CONMmriaL/h OFFSC Ijtt S ONLY No: t . -3* LQc tioa cn Plan u 9 10 .11 Gas works Cates riltration elation, FuM+iA49 atatlon ? Slaushterbogae $-2 E/Pe1 L-1/2 12 Torn Fire Brigade :~?2 1,3 Varlet. plaee lL.l It. Ms /M7ot 944 15 1un1ci 1 Lospt$al &2 16 Distr.ct boepital g-2 17 Min -post,-off1hm. 16 flaeoline statlos 19 G~s-itted 25X1X to allow W "to for later innertiot :,istriet and teas ro2.ice (ML'i) heetqurrters o3 25X1A marks on 3targardzkk Street. on the bank of the Inn River. On Lipinslea Street. In the vicinity of the narrow gauge railway station. The sltul terbinusc is equipped frith facilities for the reprocessing of meat,. +lsc, h is am enormous refrigerated- house fr-eferred to at m coo1ingiouse immom-ft ?vhere c{long with ieatdeiry ,p_oduetnand vegetables exe:stnred. n Buczka Street. Formerly used mainly by farmers. Now equipped with -ertain selling facilities for the PGR and koliehozec aurroundii)g Stargi rd. r'ormerly used for pi4 livestock auctions. pow a collrtcting point for the cm ulsory delivery of cattle..,attle? probably not the correct term hire./ None. 'Oa the corner of Buczka & 'Thtorcova Streets. On Przodovnikow Pracy Street. 'Z'he only gasoline station acv ? in operation in Stargerd. On 1GrnJoweJ blady Narodowej Street. .The building otreetchea u cross the