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I notice that many Eastern European cities with German names were renamed after the borders moved (e.g. Stettin-->Szczecin). Were these "new" names created when the boundaries moved, or did these cities historically have different names in different language communities (and how did that work?)

by /u/thefourthchipmunk in /r/AskHistorians

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