"St. Adalbert's death in AD 997 as ""urbs Gyddanyzc"" and later was written as ""Kdanzk"" in 1148, ""Gdanzc"" in 1188, ""Danceke"" in 1228, ""Gdansk"" in 1236, ""Danzc"" in 1263, ""Danczk"" in 1311, ""Danczik"" in 1399, ""Danczig "" in 1414, ""Gdąnsk"" in 1656. In Polish the modern name of the city is pronounced . In English (where the diacritic over the ""n"" is frequently omitted) the usual pronunciation is or . The German name, ""Danzig"", is pronounced as . The city's Latin name may be given as either ""Gedania"", ""Gedanum"" or ""Dantiscum""; the variety of Latin names reflects the mixed influence"
"Gdańsk Gdańsk (, ; German: Danzig ) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast. It is the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the capital of Kashubia, Poland's principal seaport and the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area. The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (""Trójmiasto""), with a population approaching 1.4 million. Gdańsk itself has a population of 464,829 (June 2018), making it the largest city in"
"of the city's Polish, German and Kashubian heritage. Other former spellings of the name include ""Dantzig"", ""Dantsic"" and ""Dantzic"". On special occasions the city is also referred to as ""The Royal Polish City of Gdańsk"" (Polish ""Królewskie Polskie Miasto Gdańsk"", Latin ""Regia Civitas Polonica Gedanensis"", Kashubian ""Królewsczi Polsczi Gard Gduńsk""). In the Kashubian language the city is called ""Gduńsk"". Kashubians also use the name ""Our Capital City Gduńsk"" (""Nasz Stoleczny Gard Gduńsk"") or ""The Kashubian Capital City Gduńsk"" (""Stoleczny Kaszëbsczi Gard Gduńsk""). The first written record thought to refer to Gdańsk is the ""vita"" of Saint Adalbert. Written in 999,"
"Gdańsk (German: Danzig). It was then that the village was granted city rights by Duke Świętopełk II the Great of Pomerania. The privileges were later confirmed in 1378 when the town came under the rule of the Teutonic Knights. Initially the town was some from its present-day centre. It contained a church, hospital, city house, two market places, several guest houses and a small port. However, during the 15th century the peninsula started to shrink through marine erosion and soon the town was moved to a safer place. In 1417 St Peter's Church was built in the town, devoted to"
"History of Gdańsk Gdańsk (; ; Kashubian: ""Gduńsk""; ) is one of the oldest cities in Poland. Founded by the Polish ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century, the city was for a long time part of Piast state either directly or as a fief. In 1308 the city became part of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights until the 15th century. Thereafter it became part of Poland again, although with increasing autonomy. A vital naval city for Polish grain trade it attracted people from all over the European continent, including Germans and Scots. The city was taken over"
"is 20.6 °C (69.1 °F) and in January it is -5 °C (23 °F). Alt Danzig Alt Danzig was a German settlement in the southern Russian Empire, present day Ukraine. Its name comes from Danzig, Gdańsk in present-day Poland. ""Alt"", meaning ""old"", distinguishes this community from Neu Danzig, another German settlement in this area of the Russian Empire. The German colony Alt Danzig is also known as Old Danzig along with the existing local village of Karlovka (Russian: Карловка) were united in Krupskoe (Russian: Крупское) after the October Revolution in Russia. Catherine II of Russia wanted to stabilize the border"
"Gdańsk Bay Gdansk Bay or the Bay of Gdansk ; ; , and ) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea. It is named after the adjacent port city of Gdańsk in Poland and is sometimes referred to as the Gulf of Gdańsk. The western part of Gdańsk Bay is formed by the shallow waters of the Bay of Puck. The southeastern part is the Vistula Lagoon, separated by the Vistula Spit and connected to the open sea by the Strait of Baltiysk. The bay is enclosed by a large curve of the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania in Poland"
"Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Gdańsk is home to the University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology, the National Museum, the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre, the Museum of the Second World War, Polish Baltic Philharmonic and the European Solidarity Centre. The city also hosts St. Dominic's Fair, which dates back to 1260, and is regarded as one of the biggest trade and cultural events in Europe. The city's name is thought to originate from the Gdania River, the original name of the Motława branch on which the city is situated. The name of a settlement was recorded after"
"German names, including ""Hermannstadt"" for Łazarz, ""Lenzingen"" for Junikowo and ""Steineck"" for Ławica. The neighbourhood of Plewiska was brought within the city boundaries in 1987 (with part remaining outside the city as a separate village). <br> Grunwald, Poznań Grunwald is a part of the city of Poznań in western Poland. It was one of the five governmental districts ""(dzielnica)"" into which the city was divided prior to 1990, and which are retained for certain administrative purposes (see Administrative division of Poznań). The name ""Grunwald"" comes from the name of the street ""ulica Grunwaldzka"", which had been so named in 1919"
"Danzig (Gdańsk) and Stettin (Szczecin); it simultaneously became a popular health resort, mainly due to the exceptional climate. Prior to World War II, Rügenwalde (Darłowo) was part of Germany and was the site of a highly guarded military base. It was here that the largest artillery piece in the world, Schwerer Gustav, was constructed and tested. In 1945 the undamaged city was incorporated into Polish territory, while its former German residents were forcibly expelled. It was at first renamed to Dyrłów, in reminiscence to the medieval castle, before getting the current Polish name Darłowo. The original medieval outline of Darłowo,"
"Gdańsk Voivodeship The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland. Gdańsk Voivodeship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Gdańsk. Statistics (1 January 1992): Governors: Major cities and towns (population 1995): Gdansk Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1945–1975, superseded by the voivodeships of Gdansk (1), Elbląg and Słupsk (area of Lębork). Its capital was also Gdańsk. List of counties in 1946–1975 <br> English county name, Polish"
"german name. <br> Siedliska, Olesno County Siedliska () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zębowice, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Before 1945 the city was called ""'Frei-Pipa'"". After the war the German were expelled and killed, yet there is still a German minority in this city. Since 2008 the some Polish cities have, beside their polish name, the old original German name as well. One of those cities is Siedliska. But in this case it was not used the old name Frei-Pipa but a new German sounding name ""Schiedlisk"" which has no connection to"
"the 173 mayors of the City of Gdańsk from 1347 to March 1945 was compiled by the current Gdańsk city government and can be found on their recent website with the invitation for the ""First World Gdańsk Reunion"", which took place in May 2002. This list demonstrates the violently shifting ethnicity of the city's inhabitants before and after the World Wars. History of Gdańsk Gdańsk (; ; Kashubian: ""Gduńsk""; ) is one of the oldest cities in Poland. Founded by the Polish ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century, the city was for a long time part of Piast state"
"of the region, see ""History of Pomerania"". The village has a population of 50. <br> Głobica Głobica () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stegna, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowy Dwór Gdański and east of the regional capital Gdańsk. Before 1793 the area was part of Polish Royal Prussia, which became part of the German Empire after the Unification of Germany in 1871. Following World War I, the region was part the Free City of Danzig, until it was occupied by Germany at the start of"
"Śródmieście, Wrzeszcz Dolny, Wrzeszcz Górny. ""Osiedles"": Aniołki, Brętowo, Brzeźno, Jasień, Kokoszki, Krakowiec-Górki Zachodnie, Letnica, Matarnia, Młyniska, Nowy Port, Oliwa, Olszynka, Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce, Osowa, Przeróbka, Przymorze Małe, Rudniki, Siedlce, Sobieszewo Island, Stogi, Strzyża, Suchanino, Ujeścisko-Łostowice, VII Dwór, Wzgórze Mickiewicza, Zaspa-Młyniec, Zaspa-Rozstaje, Żabianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysiąclecia. There are 15 higher schools including 3 universities. In 2001 there were 60,436 students, including 10,439 graduates. Gdańsk is twinned with: Gdańsk Gdańsk (, ; German: Danzig ) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast. It is the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the capital of Kashubia, Poland's principal seaport and the centre of the country's fourth-largest"
"by the Soviets and assigned to Polish Gdańsk Voivodeship, who again renamed it Gdynia. In the Polish 1970 protests, worker demonstrations took place at Gdynia Shipyard. Workers were fired upon by the police. The fallen (e.g. Brunon Drywa) became symbolized by a fictitious worker Janek Wiśniewski, commemorated in a song by Mieczysław Cholewa, ""Pieśń o Janku z Gdyni"". One of Gdynia's important streets is named after Janek Wiśniewski. The same person was portrayed by Andrzej Wajda in his movie ""Man of Iron"" as Mateusz Birkut. On December 4, 1999, a storm destroyed a huge crane in a shipyard, which was"
"Dresden Dresden (; Upper and Lower Sorbian: ""Drježdźany""; ; ) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the border with the Czech Republic. Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony, who for centuries furnished the city with cultural and artistic splendor, and was once by personal union the family seat of Polish monarchs. The city was known as the Jewel Box, because of its baroque and rococo"
"clarified. In December 1945 the Soviet Consulate explained the existing ""anti-Soviet feelings"" with some ""excesses"" of the Red Army. In June 1945 124,000 Germans and 8,000 Poles lived in the city, from 1945 to 1950 most Germans were expelled. With the German defeat the planned genocide of the Polish population, who were deemed by the German authorities to be ""subhuman,"" was averted and Poles returned to Gdańsk. Already before the end of World War II, the Yalta Conference had agreed to place the city, under Polish name Gdańsk, under ""de facto"" administration of Poland, and this decision was confirmed at"
"in Gdańsk (Danzig, northern Poland), in the Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie province). As per 2015, it pastorally served 25,000 Catholics in 56 parishes with 33 priests (32 diocesan, 1 religious), 10 lay religious (1 brother, 9 sisters) and 2 seminarians. The eparchy was established on 24 May 1996 as Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk (Polish), Breslavia–Danzica (Curiate Italian), Latin adjective Vratislavien(sis)–Gedanen(sis), without direct precursor. Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław-Gdańsk The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław–Gdańsk (Wrocław–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians) is the only suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsawa, which covers all Poland for"
"German advances elsewhere, and is still regarded as a symbol of resistance in modern Poland. Westerplatte is a peninsula in the Bay of Gdańsk. Following the reestablishment of Polish independence after World War I, much of the surrounding region became part of Poland. However, the city of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland), historically an important port city, became an independent city-state, the Free City of Danzig. The Free City was nominally supervised by the League of Nations but, over time, Danzig became increasingly allied with Germany, reflecting its predominantly ethnic German population. In 1921, in the wake of the Polish-Soviet War,"
"the Pomerania region of Northern Poland. Gdańsk is the capital of Gdańsk Pomerania and the largest city of Kashubia. With its origins as a Polish stronghold erected in the 980s by Mieszko I of Poland, the city's history is complex, with periods of Polish rule, periods of Prussian or German rule, and periods of autonomy or self-rule as a ""free city"". In the early-modern age Gdańsk was a royal city of Poland. It was considered the wealthiest and the largest city of Poland, prior to the 18th century rapid growth of Warsaw. Between the world wars, the Free City of"
"man-made structure of Poland, which is among the tallest in Europe. <br> Pieczewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship Pieczewo () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Nowy Dwór Gdański and south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see ""History of Pomerania"". Pieczewo is also the name of an urban part of Olsztyn,"
"communal) co-organising ""Energy democracy"" campaign together with Mielno authorities. <br> Gąski, Koszalin County Gąski (German: ""Funkenhagen"") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mielno, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Koszalin and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. The village has a population of 400. Gąski is one of the most popular tourists' destination on Polish coast for its beautiful beaches and nature, aiming at sustainable development. Before 1945 the village was part of Germany and known as Funkenhagen. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration"
"were nobles or city's citizens. The others were executed on ""Galgenberg/Szubieniczna Góra"" (Gallows Mountain) or in ""Peinkammertor/Katownia"" (Torture chamber). Long Market The Long Market (, ) in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It is situated between the end of Long Lane (""Ulica Długa, Langgasse"") and Green Gate (""Brama Zielona"", ""Koggentor""). Established in about 13th century, initially as a merchant road leading to the oval market place. Soon after bloody takeover of Gdańsk by Teutonic Knights, known as the ""Gdańsk slaughter"", the street become the city's main artery. Its official name in Latin"
"and Austrians. The entire Old Town, featuring 16th century tenements, houses and defensive walls, has been fully preserved. Tarnów is also the warmest city of Poland, with the highest long-term mean annual temperature in the whole country. The first documented mention of the settlement dates back to 1105, spelled as ""Tharnow"". The name later evolved to ""Tarnowo"" (1229), ""Tarnów"" (1327), and ""Tharnow"" (1473). The place name Tarnów is widely used in different forms across Slavic Europe, and lands which used to be inhabited by Slavs, such as eastern Germany, Hungary, and northern Greece. There is a German town, Tarnow, Greek"
"county name, capital city New counties established 1946–1975: See also: Voivodeships of Poland Gdańsk Voivodeship The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland. Gdańsk Voivodeship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Gdańsk. Statistics (1 January 1992): Governors: Major cities and towns (population 1995): Gdansk Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1945–1975, superseded by the voivodeships of Gdansk (1), Elbląg and Słupsk (area of Lębork). Its capital"
"(present name Lubiszewo Lake) and the modern village of Lubiszewo Tczewskie (). While it was not a decisive victory insofar as Gdansk itself was not taken and the war raged on, the city, having lost a large number of its wealthy citizenry, did finally to come to terms with the king at the end of the year. The city's army, led by the mercenary German commander Jan Winkelbruch (Hans Winckelbruch or Winckelburg von Kölln), was about 7,000–12,000 strong (including mercenaries, among them a Scottish regiment which did not participate in the battle itself), but with less than 1,000 cavalry. The"
"Polish Corridor The Polish Corridor (; ), also known as Danzig Corridor, Corridor to the Sea or Gdańsk Corridor, was a territory located in the region of Pomerelia (Pomeranian Voivodeship, eastern Pomerania, formerly part of West Prussia), which provided the Second Republic of Poland (1920–1939) with access to the Baltic Sea, thus dividing the bulk of Germany (Weimar Republic) from the province of East Prussia. The Free City of Danzig (now the Polish city of Gdańsk) was separate from both Poland and Germany. A similar territory, also occasionally referred to as a corridor, had been connected to the Polish Crown"
"architecture and numerous world-renowned museums and art collections, Dresden has been called ""Elbflorenz"" (Florence of the Elbe). The incorporation of neighbouring rural communities over the past 60 years has made Dresden the twelfth largest urban district by area in Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. The nearest German cities are Chemnitz to the southwest, Leipzig to the northwest and Berlin to the north. Prague, Czech Republic is about to the south and to the east is the Polish city of Wrocław. Dresden is one of the greenest cities in all of Europe, with 63% of the city being green areas"
"Danzig was in a customs union with Poland and was located between German East Prussia and the so-called Polish Corridor. Gdańsk lies at the mouth of the Motława River, connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby Vistula River, which drains 60 percent of Poland and connects Gdańsk with the Polish capital, Warsaw. Together with the nearby port of Gdynia, Gdańsk is also a notable industrial center. In the late Middle Ages it was an important seaport and shipbuilding town and, in the 14th and 15th centuries, a member of the Hanseatic League. In the interwar"
"War, nearly all the city had been reduced to ruins. On 30 March 1945, the city was taken by the Red Army. At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, the Allies agreed that the city would become part of Poland. In 1947, a Free City of Danzig Government in Exile was established. By 1950, around 285,000 fled and expelled citizens of the former Free City were living in Germany, and 13,424 citizens of the former Free City had been ""verified"" and granted Polish citizenship. By 1947, 126,472 Danzigers of German ethnicity were expelled to Germany from Gdańsk, and 101,873 Poles"
"as Germans who had been unjustly taken out of Germany. The loss of Danzig did indeed deeply hurt German national pride and in the interwar period, German nationalists spoke of the ""open wound in the east"" that was the Free City of Danzig. However, until the building of Gdynia, almost all of Poland's exports went through Danzig, and Polish public opinion was opposed to Germany having a ""choke-hold"" on the Polish economy. The interwar Free City of Danzig (1920–39) included the city of Danzig (Gdańsk), the towns of Zoppot (Sopot), Oliva (Oliwa), Tiegenhof (Nowy Dwór Gdański), Neuteich (Nowy Staw) and"
"of Danzig (modern Gdańsk, Poland). The pfennig is etymologically related to the English ""penny"", the Swedish penning, which was also model for the Finnish penni (1860–2001), the Polish fenig (1917–1918), the Lithuanian word for money ""pinigai"" and the pfenig (fening) of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998–today). The etymology of all of these is not completely clear, but seems to rely on the way coins were minted during the Middle Ages: the base material were thin flat metal discs. The value was embossed from one side, creating a pan ()-like coin. In some German countries (such as Prussia and Bavaria), coins had"