Śródmieście (; means "city centre"; csb, Westrzódgardzé) is a district (

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) of the city of Gdańsk,

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. Śródmieście is commonly referred to as Main City, Old City, or simply Gdańsk, since the quarter is equivalent to the traditional area of the city.

Location

The quarter is located in the centre-eastern part of Gdańsk, on the River

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to its west and east. To its north-east, the quarter borders the Przeróbka quarter on

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by 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 ...

River. To its south and east, the quarter is bordered by the Opływ Motławy, via which the quarter borders the quarters of Rudniki, Olszynka and Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce. To the south-west of Śródmieście, via Biskupia Górka, the quarter borders

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, to the west with

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. Śródmieście borders Aniołki and

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to its north.

Quarter subdivisions

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The following morphological units are located in Śródmieście:

External links

Map of Śródmieście

References

Districts of Gdańsk {{Pomeranian-geo-stub