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Śródmieście, Gdańsk
Śródmieście (; 'city centre'; ) is a district (''dzielnica'') of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It is the traditional city centre of Gdańsk. Location Śródmieście is located in the central-eastern part of Gdańsk, on the Motława. To its northeast, it borders the Przeróbka on Port Island (Gdańsk), Port Island, found across the Martwa Wisła River. To its south and east, it is bordered by the . Across this body of water, the districts of Rudniki, Gdańsk, Rudniki, Olszynka and Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce are found. To the south-west, it borders Chełm, Gdańsk, Chełm and to the west, it borders Siedlce, Gdańsk, Siedlce. Śródmieście borders Aniołki and Młyniska to its north. Subdivisions (''osiedla'') Śródmieście comprises the following quarters (''osiedle, osiedla''): Transport The Gdańsk Główny railway station, Gdańsk Główny and Gdańsk Śródmieście railway station, Gdańsk Śródmieście railway stations are located within the district, with the forme ...
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Dzielnica
In the Polish system of local administration, a dzielnica (Polish plural ''dzielnice'') is an administrative subdivision or quarter of a city or town. A dzielnica may have its own elected council ('' rada dzielnicy'', or ''dzielnica council''), and those of Warsaw each have their own mayor (''burmistrz''). Like the and sołectwo, a dzielnica is an auxiliary unit (''jednostka pomocnicza'') of a gmina. These units are created by decision of the gmina council, and do not have legal personality in their own right. The subsidiary units of many towns and cities are called osiedles rather than dzielnice, although it is also possible for osiedles to exist within a dzielnica. Numbers and sizes of dzielnice vary significantly between cities. Warsaw has 18 dzielnice, as does Kraków; Gdańsk has 34, Gdynia 22, Lublin 27, Katowice 22 and Szczecin 4. Some cities are no longer formally divided into dzielnice, although formerly existing dzielnice continue to be referred to as such and se ...
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Chełm, Gdańsk
Chełm (; ) is an administrative district () of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. Although once the most populous district of the city, its size and population were significantly reduced from 2010 up until 2019 as new districts were separated from it. Location From the north, the district is bordered by the districts of Siedlce and Śródmieście, from the east by Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce, from the south by Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe and Ujeścisko-Łostowice and from the west by Wzgórze Mickiewicza. Currently, the quarters ('' osiedla'') of Chełm are Stary Chełm and Nowy Chełm. History What is today Chełm was initially part of the settlement of Górka, owned by the Bishop of Włocławek and centered around Biskupia Górka. The settlement of Nowa Górka was separated from Górka in 1356, slowly expanding with various episcopal orders. In 1518, the village's German name ''Stolzenberg'' was first mentioned. Two years later, in 1520, it was burnt down because of figh ...
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Motte-and-bailey Castle
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire, as well as the Low Countries it controlled, in the 11th century, when these castles were popularized in the area that became the Netherlands. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales. Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the end of the 13th century, the design was largely superseded by alternative forms of fortification, but the earthworks remain a prominent feature in many countries. Architecture Structures A motte-and-bailey castle was ...
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Palisade
A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall. Palisades can form a stockade. Etymology ''Palisade'' derives from ''pale'', from the Latin word ', meaning stake, specifically when used side by side to create a wood defensive wall. In turn, ''pālus'' derives from the Old Italic word ''palūts'', which may possibly derive from the Proto-Indo-European word ''pelh'', meaning pale or gray. It may be related to the Proto-Uralic word ''pil'me'' (uncertain meaning) or the word ''pilwe'', meaning cloud. (see wikt:pale#Etymology_2, 'pale', English: Etymology 2 on Wiktionary). Typical construction Typical construction consisted of small or mid-sized tree trunks aligned vertically, with as little free space in between as possible. The trunks were sharpened or pointed at the top, and were driven into the ground and sometimes rein ...
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Old Town (Gdańsk)
Old town is the historic core of various cities. Old Town or Old Towne may also refer to: Places Bosnia and Herzegovina * Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Old Town Sarajevo * Stari Most, Old Town Mostar Bulgaria * Old Town (Plovdiv) Canada * Old Town, British Columbia * Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia * Old Town, Toronto China * Old Town of Lijiang * Old Town of Shanghai Czech Republic * Old Town (Prague) Germany * Old town Osnabrück * Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof Ireland * Old Town, County Roscommon * Oldtown, Dublin * Oldtown, Letterkenny Jerusalem * Old City (Jerusalem) Kenya * Mombasa Old Town, Kenya Libya * Old Town of Ghadamès, Libya Lithuania * Kaunas Old Town * Vilnius Old Town Malaysia * Old Town, Petaling Jaya Norway * Old Town, Oslo Poland * Osiedle Centrum, Białystok, Białystok Osiedle Centrum * Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz Old City * Gdańsk Old Town * Kraków Old Town * Lublin Old Town * Opole, Opole Old Town * Police Old Town * Poznań Old Town * Warsaw ...
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Main Town, Gdańsk
Main City (, ) is the central, historic part of Gdańsk's Śródmieście, Gdańsk, borough of Śródmieście. Unlike the Old Town, Gdańsk, Old Town and the New Town, Gdańsk, New Town, the area was rebuilt after World War II and includes some of the city's best known historical monuments, including the St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk, St. Mary's basilica, Golden Gate (Gdańsk), Golden Gate, Artus Court, Gdańsk Town Hall, Main City Hall, the Royal Road, Long Lane, Gdańsk, Long Lane and Long Market. The Main City is located on the western bank of Motława. It is surrounded by the Old Town to the north, the Stare Przedmieście to the south, the borough of Nowe Ogrody to the east and the Granary Island to the east, across Motława. It was founded in 1343 by the Teutonic Knights who had conquered the area in 1308. Officially a separate settlement from the nearby city (since then called the Old Town), it was chartered with Kulm Law, and was governed separately until 1457, when king Cas ...
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