GDANSK-POLAND
• GDAŃSK- Polish provincial capital is "Pomeorze" and is situated at the mouth of the river Vistula on the Baltic Sea. • Much of the industrial centers of the city are built on shipbuilding and shipping industry in general. The city has two areas of the port authorities. Old "Nowy Port is a major center for ship building, metallurgy, chemical industry, wood processing industry and food industry. New Port Ponocny, or "North Gates, is the largest maritime development projects. Serve coal exports and petroleum imports. • Gdansk has schools of medicine, engineering and fine arts. University of Gdansk was opened in 1970. Also I could see in Gdansk many beautiful churches, museums, theaters, gardens, a maritime center, a concert hall and Opera House. • The city of Gdansk, we learned from our friends, is part of a "Trojmiasto ', three urban areas gathered in one city. These "Three cities are Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot. City Centre, also known as "Stare Miasto" or old town stretched along the river Motlawa, which flows into the Vistula River. • The most notable buildings are St Old Town. Catherine's Church built in Gothic interior. City Hall was built between 1587 and 1595. At the entrance you can see a bronze relief depicting seventeenth-century Polish astronomer, Hevelius. Having suffered great destruction in World War II, the building has been restored. Warsaw Distance: 360 km Population: ca. 460.000 (2002)
HISTORY: • Gdansk was mentioned as a Polish city in 997 or 999. He was appointed in certain period after the German name, Danzig. He was granted municipal autonomy in 1260 and developed as a center of commerce. Teutonic Knights in 1308 and have stabilized the city under their rule the city became a member of the Hanseatic League (the Hanseatic League).
• In 1466 King Casimir IV of Poland regained the territory after a war kingdom for 13 years. As a reward for his loyalty, the city was granted autonomy by the king which led to a rapid development. • It reached its peak development in the Renaissance as the most prosperous city on the Baltic Sea. The city's shipyards launched the first water war ship in 1572. In 1754 its population number reached 77,000, the largest number of people from all Eastern European cities. Swedish War of the seventeenth century halted the city's economic growth and marked the beginning of decline. • In 1772 Gdansk was occupied by Prussia in 1793 and became part of the Empire. Trade port authorities suffered a rapid decline. Except for a period of seven years during the Napoleonic wars when it was declared a free state, Gdansk remained in German hands until after the First World War. Between 19,191 and 1939 was again free city status under the Treaty of Versailles, with a Polish administrative governance. German control increased sharply so in 1938 the German dictator Adolf Hitler demanded that Gdansk city to be ceded to Germany. Poland, backed by Britain and France refused. Foslosit Hitler the excuse to invade Poland on September 1, 1939, which led to the beginning of World War II. The city was returned to Poland in March 1945. • workers' unrest in the Gdansk shipyards in 1980 created the Solidarity movement, which soon led to democracy in Poland. • The population, estimated in 1992, counted 465,000 inhabitants
IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES:
• "Great Crane" • "Maritime Museum (Museum Morskie) • "Town Hall (Ratusz) • "Three Crosses Monument"
• "Gdansk University of Technology • "ST. Mary's Church (Church Mariacki)" • "Royal Way" • "Court of the Fraternity of St. George • "National Art Museum • "Westerplatte" - historical place that started the Second World War on 1 September 1939, which includes a small museum there and a monument of Polish defenders. • "The Archaeological Museum (Museum of Archaeology)" • "Fortress of the Vistula River Mouth," • "Neptune's Fountain (Fountain of Neptune)," • "Mariacka Street (Street Mariacka) • "ST. Catherine's Church (Church of Sw. Katarzyny)" Name It is assumed that the name comes from the River City Gdania, Motławei original name, which runs through town. The Gdansk Gdania and probably got the name derived from the region, which was Gothiscandza, but this has been questioned many times. Like other Central European cities, Gdaosk has had many names in the course of history. Caşubian name is Gduosk. Version germanicized, Danzig, is used by the Germans. The other names that were derived and used in Europe and neerlandeză Danswijk. And the name is occasionally an attempt Danțig Romanian phonetic adaptation of the German name.
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