Brzeźno (; ; /b̥ʁøzn/) is one of the quarters of the city of

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with a sandy beach and 130 m long pier.

Location

The north of the quarter is bordered by the Bay of Gdańsk. From the east, it is bordered by the suburbs of

Nowy Port Nowy Port (; ) is a district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It borders with Brzeźno to the west, Letnica, Gdańsk, Letnica to the south, and Stogi-Przeróbka, Przeróbka to the east (over the Martwa Wisła). The landmark of the district is the ...

and Letnica, from the south by Wrzeszcz Dolny and from the west by Zaspa-Rozstaje and Przymorze Wielkie. Ronald Reagan Park is nearby.

Etymology

There are numerous speculations surrounding the name "Brzeźno". According to one, the word "Brzeźno" was the name of a lake, with the

possessive suffix In linguistics, a possessive affix (from ) is an affix (usually suffix or prefix) attached to a noun to indicate its possessor, much in the manner of possessive adjectives. Possessive affixes are found in many languages of the world. The '' Wor ...

''-no'', added to ''brzoza'' (

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). Thus, the name of the lake derives from birch trees surrounding its waters. The lake was located by the settlement named ''Prusęcino'' (deriving from the

Old Prussians Old Prussians, Baltic Prussians or simply Prussians were a Balts, Baltic people that inhabited the Prussia (region), region of Prussia, on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula Lagoon to the west and the Curonian Lagoon ...

that lived there). It is believed that Prusęcino changed its name to ''Bresno'' (first noted in 1323). Due to the double-meaning of the name ''Bresno'', the name of the lake was changed to ''Zaspa''. The other hypothesis for the naming of the settlement derives from the word ''brzeg'' ( Polish: ''coast''), in regards to the coastal location of Brzeźno.

History

Brzeźno was a private church village of the

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in Oliwa, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...

of the Kingdom of Poland.

Tourism

Tourist attractions: * Brzeźno Pier *Fortifications from the nineteenth and twentieth-century *Guarded beach *Bicycle route to

Sopot Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomerania Province and has the City with powiat ri ...

*Brzeźno Park *Two abele trees – natural monuments, located by the crossroad of Południowa and Pułaska Street.

Gallery

File:Brosen gdansk mila str.jpg, Former Brzeźno fishing village Miła Street File:Brzezno Pier in Gdansk 2.jpg, Brzeźno Pier File:Brzezno Beach in Gdansk 3.jpg, Beach in Brzeźno

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brzezno Districts of Gdańsk Populated coastal places in Poland