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Küstrin (Polish '' Kostrzyn Nad Odrą '') is a former German town, now divided between the west of Poland and the east of Germany. Küstrin was formerly part of pre-1945 Germany, and was cut in two by the Oder-Neisse Line . The main city was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War . The former Küstrin-Neustadt, now in Poland, was renamed Kostrzyn . The remaining part of the German city is now called Küstriner Vorland . HISTORICAL About 1250 a town was erected on the site of Küstrin, where a fishing village originally stood. From 1535 till 1571 it was the residence of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Custrin , who died without male heirs in 1571. Custrin was the prison of Frederick The Great when Crown Prince , and the scene of the Execution of his friend Hans Hermann Von Katte on 6 November 1730 . ''Note: the paragraph below describes the situation as of 1911 , and is no longer current. It should be merged into the main flow of the article.'' As Of 1911 , Custrin, or Kustrin, a town of Germany , in the kingdom of Prussia , was a Fortress of the first rank, at the confluence of the Oder and Warthe , 18 m. NE from Frankfurt (Oder) and 51 m. NE of Berlin by Rail . Pop. (1900) 16,473 (including the garrison). It consisted of the town proper within the strong fortifications, a suburb on the left bank of the Oder, and one on the right bank of the Warthe. There were three Evangelical churches and one Roman Catholic , and a handsome town hall. There were bridges over both rivers. Custrin had some manufactories of potato-meal, machinery, pianos, furniture, cigars, etc., and there was a considerable river trade. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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