Sobieszewo Island (; ; formerly ) is an island on the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
, between the
Gdańsk Bay
Gdańsk Bay or the Gulf of Gdańsk ( pl, Zatoka Gdańska; csb, Gduńskô Hôwinga; russian: Гданьская бухта, Gdan'skaja bukhta, and german: Danziger Bucht) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea. It is named after the adjacent por ...
and the delta of
Vistula
The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...
river. The island is part of the territory of the city of
Gdańsk, Poland.
Location
The northern border of the island is the waters of
Gdańsk Bay
Gdańsk Bay or the Gulf of Gdańsk ( pl, Zatoka Gdańska; csb, Gduńskô Hôwinga; russian: Гданьская бухта, Gdan'skaja bukhta, and german: Danziger Bucht) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea. It is named after the adjacent por ...
, while its southern border is a branch of the
Vistula
The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...
river, called
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 ...
. The western border was created in 1840 during the flooding and creation of a new mouth of
Vistula
The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...
called
Śmiała Wisła
The Śmiała Wisła () is a distributary river branch of the Vistula in Poland flowing to Gdańsk Bay
Gdańsk Bay or the Gulf of Gdańsk ( pl, Zatoka Gdańska; csb, Gduńskô Hôwinga; russian: Гданьская бухта, Gdan'skaja bukhta, ...
. The eastern border was dug in 1895 as a new, artificially created mouth of Vistula, called
Przekop Wisły.
In
Górki Wschodnie is located Birds reservation and the center of the researches on birds.
Sobieszewo Island is one of the 34 quarters of Gdańsk.
Scouting and Guiding
The island is the venue for the
Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
, type = organization
, headquarters = ZHP Headquarters Warsaw
, location = Warszawa, Konopnickiej 6
, country = Poland
, f-date = 1 November 1918
, founder = Andrzej Małkowski, Olga Małkowska
, members = 138,112
, chiefscouttitle = N ...
's (ZHP) bid to host the 26th World Scout Jamboree in 2027. It is the venue of the
European Jamboree 2020
The European Scout Jamboree (or EuroJam) is an international Scouting jamboree, which is organized at irregular times by the European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
So far, two European Scout Jamborees hav ...
.
Gallery
File:Beach in Sobieszewo.JPG, Beach in Sobieszewo
File:Gdańsk Górki Wschodnie, ul. Nadwiślańska 126 - chata rybacka (fishterman hut).jpg, Old fisherman's hut on Górki Wschodnie
File:Pontoon bridge in Sobieszewo.JPG, Pontoon bridge
A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry.
...
across 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 ...
, dismantled in 2018
File:Ferry by the pontoon bridge in Sobieszewo.jpg, Ferry by the pontoon bridge in Sobieszewo
See also
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Quarters of Gdańsk
External links
Map of Sobieszewo IslandStowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Wyspy Sobieszewskiej
References
Gdańsk
Islands of Poland
Landforms of Pomeranian Voivodeship
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