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Extract from the Frankfurt an der Oder Travel Guides:
Some 90km east of Berlin lies the border town of
FRANKFURT AN DER ODER
. Like so many communities along the course of the River Oder, it was split in two in 1945, with the Altstadt on the west bank remaining in German hands, while the east bank suburb became the Polish town of S'ubice. As Frankfurt was almost totally destroyed during the war, it's mainly of interest now as a stopover point on journeys to and from Poland. Nonetheless, it's a place with a long and distinguished history, dating back to the thirteenth century, when German merchants founded a settlement and built a wooden bridge over the Oder. Subsequently, the town develope...
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