Nowy Port (german: Neufahrwasser; csb, Fôrwôter) is a district of 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 ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. It borders with
Brzeźno
Brzeźno (; german: Brösen /b̥ʁøzn/; csb, Brzézno) is one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk, Poland 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 ...
to the west,
Letnica to the south, and
Przeróbka
Przeróbka (german: Przerabka and ''Troyl'') is one of the administrative districts (''dzielnica administracyjna'') of the city of Gdańsk, Poland with the Westerplatte peninsula in the northwest.
Location
The north of the quarter is bordered ...
to the east (over the
Martwa Wisła
The Martwa Wisła (; german: Tote Weichsel; both literally "dead Vistula") is a river, one of the branches of the Vistula, flowing through the city of Gdańsk in northern Poland.
It got its name when this branch of the river became increasingly m ...
).
The landmark of the district is the historic Nowy Port Lighthouse, which is open to visitors.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, in 1939 and 1940, the district was
one of places of imprisonment and executions of
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
railway workers by
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
.
Population
With 10684 inhabitants and area of 2.28 km², its population density was 4689/km², as of 2011.
Administrative division of Gdańsk
(polish). Retrieved 15 January 2014 By 2019 the population fell to 9334, giving a population density of 4500/km².
Gallery
Kapitanat Portu Gdansk.jpg, Port office and lighthouse
Nowy Port in Gdańsk Kapitanat Portu 2900.JPG, Port office and mouth of the Martwa Wisła
The Martwa Wisła (; german: Tote Weichsel; both literally "dead Vistula") is a river, one of the branches of the Vistula, flowing through the city of Gdańsk in northern Poland.
It got its name when this branch of the river became increasingly m ...
river
Gdańsk Nowy Port – Morski Kościół Misyjny Niepokalanego Serca Maryi.JPG, Franciscan Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Morski Oddział Straży Granicznej w Gdańsku.JPG, Polish Border Guard
The Polish Border Guard ( pl, Straż Graniczna, also abbreviated as SG) is a state security agency tasked with patrolling the Polish border. It existed in the Second Republic era from 1928 to 1939 and was reestablished in the modern-day Thi ...
Unit
Sport
Portowiec Gdańsk
Portowiec Gdańsk are a sports club based in Gdańsk, Poland, founded in 1957.
Club names
*1957 - Klub Sportowy Portowiec Gdańsk
*1969 - MRKS Gdańsk (Maritime Workers' Sports Club Gdańsk) after a merger with Motława Gdańsk
*2009 - reactiva ...
is the local sports club.
References
External links
Map of Nowy Port
Districts of Gdańsk
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