Jelitkowo (german: Glettkau) is one of the quarters of
Żabianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysiąclecia
Żabianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysiąclecia ( csb, Żôbiónka-Wejra-Jelëtkòwò-Tësąclatégò) is one of the administrative districts (''dzielnica administracyjna'') of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.
Location
The northeast of the district is b ...
in the city of
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, just south of
Sopot,
Poland.
As part of the
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Latin: ''Corona Regni Poloniae''), known also as the Polish Crown, is the common name for the historic Late Middle Ages territorial possessions of the King of Poland, includ ...
it was a private church village of the
Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
Monastery in
Oliwa, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The ...
.
[Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, ''Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.'', Toruń, 1955, p. 91 (in Polish)]
Located on the seaside, with beautiful sandy beaches, the town became known as an Ostsee-Bad Glettkau, a
Baltic Sea (
spa
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...
-vacation town). Some important hotels, windsurfing schools, and centres of water sports are in today's Jelitkowo. In the past, an old tram route ran from
Danzig, the main city, to the tram loop in Glettkau. It now runs from Gdańsk to Jelitkowo.
Population (together with
Żabianka
Żabianka (''Poggenkrug'') is one of the quarters of Żabianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysiąclecia in the city of Gdańsk, on the border with Sopot. Also the SKM (fast city train) stop called Gdańsk Żabianka.
Population: (together with Jelitkowo
...
) 23,145 inhabitants on area 2.1 km
2 (population density 10,923 inhabitants/km
2).
Sea-front Jelitkowo encompasses coastal Jelitkowo Beach, famous in the summer with local people, who package the Out Door health club, windsurfing schools, and volleyball courts. Park Jelitkowski includes calm, shaded paths, and a couple of historical, white-washed fishermen's cottages sit close to its northwestern border. Icecream kiosks and bucolic beer bars miss the shore, with al-fresco taverns offering breaded cod or herring dishes.
References
External links
Ostsee Bad GlettkauMap of Żabianka and Jelitkowo
Gdańsk
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