Osów

Osów is an administrative neighbourhood forming a subdivision of the West district in the city of Szczecin, Poland. It is a residential area with low-rise single-family housing. The neighbourhood has an area of 8.14 km2 (3.14 sq mi), and in 2025, was inhabited by 5,105 people. Around ⅔ of its area is covered by Ueckermünde Heath, including the Arkona Forest Park. The neighbourhood features the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, a Roman Catholic parish church dating to the year 1900, and ruins of the Quistorp Tower, a Gothic Revival tower with observation deck, which was built in 1904, and demolished between 1944 and 1945. The area also includes Arkonka, one of the largest outdoor swimming pool complexes in Europe, with the total area of 7 ha, and combined swimming area of 8,012 m2. The first human settlements were founded in the area at the turn of the Bronze and Iron Age. In 1277, the village of Osów was sold by Barnim I, the Duke of Pomerania to the city of Szczecin.