CROSSEN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, on the Oder, 31 m. S.E. of Frankfort-on-Oder by rail. Pop. (1925) 7,37o.
It was founded in 1005 and was important during the middle ages as a point of passage across the Oder. It attained civic rights in 1232 and wa; for a time the capital of a Silesian duchy, which passed to Brandenburg in 1482. There are manufactories of copper and brass ware, while in the surrounding country fruit growing is important. Trade is mainly in wine, fruit and fish.