Brzeźno (; german: Brösen /b̥ʁøzn/; csb, Brzézno) is one of the quarters of the city of

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with a sandy beach and 130 m long pier.

Location

The north of the quarter is bordered by the

Bay of Gdańsk A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a nar ...

. From the east, it is bordered by the suburbs of

Nowy Port Nowy Port (german: Neufahrwasser; csb, Fôrwôter) is a district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It borders with Brzeźno to the west, Letnica to the south, and Przeróbka to the east (over the Martwa Wisła). The landmark of the district i ...

and Letnica, from the south by

Wrzeszcz Wrzeszcz (pronounced , german: Langfuhr; csb, Wrzészcz) is one of the boroughs of the Northern Polish city of Gdańsk. With a population of more than 65,000 in an area of (population density 6,622), Wrzeszcz is the most populous part of Gdań ...

Dolny and from the west by Zaspa-Rozstaje and Przymorze Wielkie. Ronald Reagan Park is nearby.

Etymology

There are numerous speculations surrounding the name "Brzeźno". According to one, the word "Brzeźno" was the name of a lake, with the

possessive suffix In linguistics, a possessive affix (from la, affixum possessivum) is an affix (usually suffix or prefix) attached to a noun to indicate its possessor, much in the manner of possessive adjectives. Possessive affixes are found in many languages o ...

''-no'', added to ''brzoza'' (

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' cont ...

). Thus, the name of the lake derives from birch trees surrounding its waters. The lake was located by the settlement named ''Prusęcino'' (deriving from the

Old Prussians Old Prussians, Baltic Prussians or simply Prussians ( Old Prussian: ''prūsai''; german: Pruzzen or ''Prußen''; la, Pruteni; lv, prūši; lt, prūsai; pl, Prusowie; csb, Prësowié) were an indigenous tribe among the Baltic peoples that ...

that lived there). It is believed that Prusęcino changed its name to ''Bresno'' (first noted in 1323). Due to the double-meaning of the name ''Bresno'', the name of the lake was changed to ''Zaspa''. The other hypothesis for the naming of the settlement derives from the word ''brzeg'' ( Polish: ''coast''), in regards to the coastal location of Brzeźno.

Tourism

Tourist attractions: * Brzeźno Pier *Fortifications from the nineteenth and twentieth-century *Guarded beach *Bicycle route to

Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest ci ...

*Brzeźno Park *Two abele trees – natural monuments, located by the crossroad of Południowa and Pułaska Street.

Gallery

File:Brosen gdansk mila str.jpg, Former Brzeźno fishing village Miła Street File:Brzezno Pier in Gdansk 2.jpg, Brzeźno Pier. File:Brzezno Beach in Gdansk 3.jpg, Beach in Brzeźno.

References

Districts of Gdańsk {{Pomorze-geo-stub