VII Dwór, read as Siódmy Dwór (meaning "Seventh Manor House"), is an administrative district ''( dzielnica)'' 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 ...

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 Oliwa in the north and west,

Strzyża Strzyza (german: Strieß; csb, Strzëżô) is an administrative district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland, named after a creek. It is a part of the Wrzeszcz borough. Most of it is covered by small family houses. As part of the Crown of the Kingdo ...

in the east,

Brętowo Brętowo (german: Brentau; csb, Brãtowò) is one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It includes 2 osiedles, Niedźwiednik and Matemblewo, that are located inside Oliwa forests. History The area of the settlement belonged to the Cis ...

in the south and

Wrzeszcz Górny Wrzeszcz Górny (translated ''Higher Wrzeszcz'') is an administrative district (''dzielnica administracyjna'') of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It was created in 2010 by division of the district Wrzeszcz (german: Langfuhr) in two districts. Hist ...

in the south-east. The 7th Polish Navy Hospital is located in VII Dwór. During the German occupation in

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, the occupiers operated a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B

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for

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POWs in the present-day district of VII Dwór.

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