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 populou ...

. 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 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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, in 1939 and 1940, the district was one of places of imprisonment and executions of Polish 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

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 is the local sports club.

References

External links

Map of Nowy Port
Districts of Gdańsk {{Pomeranian-geo-stub