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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 () in two districts. History In October 2010, some administrative districts of Gdańsk with a population of more than 50,000 had been divided in smaller districts. Wrzeszcz has been divided in Wrzeszcz Dolny and Wrzeszcz Górny. Location The district is the south-western and older part of Wrzeszcz. The division was made along the railway line. Góra Strzyska () with 105 meters is the highest elevation of Wrzeszcz Górny. From the north, the district is bordered by the districts of Strzyża, Zaspa-Młyniec and Wrzeszcz Dolny, from the east by Wrzeszcz Dolny and Aniołki, from the south by Suchanino and Piecki-Migowo and from the west by Brętowo and VII Dwór. Points of interest * Gdańsk University of Technology (Politechnika Gdańska) * Gdańsk Medical University * Baltic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzielnica
In the Polish system of local administration, a dzielnica (Polish plural ''dzielnice'') is an administrative subdivision or quarter of a city or town. A dzielnica may have its own elected council ('' rada dzielnicy'', or ''dzielnica council''), and those of Warsaw each have their own mayor (''burmistrz''). Like the and sołectwo, a dzielnica is an auxiliary unit (''jednostka pomocnicza'') of a gmina. These units are created by decision of the gmina council, and do not have legal personality in their own right. The subsidiary units of many towns and cities are called osiedles rather than dzielnice, although it is also possible for osiedles to exist within a dzielnica. Numbers and sizes of dzielnice vary significantly between cities. Warsaw has 18 dzielnice, as does Kraków; Gdańsk has 34, Gdynia 22, Lublin 27, Katowice 22 and Szczecin 4. Some cities are no longer formally divided into dzielnice, although formerly existing dzielnice continue to be referred to as such and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaspa-Młyniec
Zaspa-Młyniec is one of the administrative districts of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. The quarter with mainly high buildings has been built on the runways of the former airport of Gdańsk (''Lotnisko Gdańsk- Wrzeszcz''). Around 1900 there had been the villages ''Saspe'', ''Mühlenhof'' and a training area of the Prussian hussar A hussar, ; ; ; ; . was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely adopted by light cavalry ...s. There is an SKM (Rapid City Railway) stop called Gdańsk-Zaspa. *inhabitants: 16,471 *area: 1.3 km2 *population density 13,144/ km2 See also * Zaspa * Zaspa-Rozstaje External links Map of Zaspa-Młyniec Gdańsk {{Pomeranian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Opera
Baltic State Opera Foyer Baltic Opera (formerly Baltic State Opera) is an opera company located in Gdańsk, Poland. History It began in February 1949 as the Music and Drama Studio (in Polish: Studio Muzyczno-Dramatyczne) set up by Iwo Gall. In autumn 1949, the Opera Studio (in Polish: Studio Operowe) of the Baltic Philharmonic was founded. In 1953, they were united under the name of Baltic State Opera and Philharmonic. In 1993, after the institution had been divided, the Baltic Opera emerged. In 2008, Marek Weiss became the director and steered the institution in a new direction. Such ambitious operas as Britten's '' Rape of Lucretia'' or Richard Strauss' ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' directed by Weiss appeared in its repertoire. As an effect of the changes introduced by the company, in 2010 the BBC named the Baltic Opera (as the first opera theatre in Poland) one of ten best opera theatres in Europe; among the others were the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Liceu in Barcelona, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdańsk Medical University
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdańsk lies at the mouth of the Motława River and is situated at the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay, close to the city of Gdynia and the resort town of Sopot; these form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (''Trójmiasto''), with a population of approximately 1.5 million. The city has a complex history, having had periods of Polish, German and self rule. An important shipbuilding and trade port since the Middle Ages, between 1361 and 1500 it was a member of the Hanseatic League, which influenced its economic, demographic and urban landscape. It also served as Poland's principal seaport and was its largest city since the 15th century until the early 18th century when Warsaw surpassed it. With the Partitions of Poland, the city was annexed by Prus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdańsk University Of Technology
The Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech, formerly GUT; ) is a public research university in Gdańsk, Poland. Founded in 1904 and re-established in 1945, it is the oldest university of technology in modern-day Poland. It is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the country. The university comprises eight academic faculties that provide higher education in 40 fields of study across 14 scientific disciplines. Its campus, located in the Wrzeszcz borough of Gdańsk, covers an area of . As of 2023, the university had 15,622 students, including 11,490 undergraduates, 3,644 postgraduates and 488 doctoral students. The Gdańsk University of Technology has an international institutional accreditation, EUA-IEP (European University Association-Institutional Evaluation Programme). History Beginnings under Emperor Wilhelm II (German Empire, 1899–1918) On 16 March 1899, following a decision by Wilhelm II, deputies of the Kingdom of Prussia approved the est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrzeszcz 2011
Wrzeszcz (pronounced , ; ) 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 Gdańsk. History The current name Wrzeszcz comes from the old name of the area – ''Wrzost'', which derives from ''wrzos'', a Polish and Kashubian word for heather. The area of modern Wrzeszcz used to be forest and fields of heather. In modern Polish, the literal meaning of the word "wrzeszcz" is the second-person singular imperative form of "wrzeszczeć", meaning 'to scream/shout/yell', but this is not related to the etymology of this place name. Historical sources mention ''Vriezst'' in 1263 AD and Vriest 1283 as a place of a mill and by the end of the 13th century the Cistercian Monks of Oliwa owned four or five water mills on the Strieß (Strzyża), the creek running through Wrzeszcz. Vriest is Low German as well as Dutch language word meaning ''frost''. In 141 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VII Dwór
VII Dwór, read as Siódmy Dwór (), is an administrative district (''dzielnica'') in the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It is located in the city's western areas. Location VII Dwór borders Oliwa to the west and north, Strzyża and Wrzeszcz Górny to the east, and Brętowo to the south. It is not divided into any quarters ('' osiedla''). History VII Dwór was part of Oliwa and owned by the Oliwa Abbey for much of its history. Dwór VII, the manor which it is named after, was first mentioned in 1632 and was owned by various noble families. A sanatorium was opened in VII Dwór in 1931, which remains operational to this day. A subcamp of the Stalag XX-B prisoner-of-war camp operated there during World War II. In the 1950s, the area began being developed, mostly with single-family homes, mostly for workers of the Gdańsk University of Technology. A large apartment block A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brętowo
Brętowo (; ) 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 Cistercian abbey in Oliwa, which operated a mill, and was first mentioned in 1570 as ''Bringenthute''. In the late 16th century it was property of the Schröer family from Danzig (Gdańsk) and consisted of the Schöer manor and a mill. In the 18th century an inn and two coppersmiths operated in the village. In the First Partition of Poland, in 1772, the settlement was annexed by Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. In 1784, it was called ''Brentau''. In 1885, it was inhabited by 216 people, a two-class school existed. In 1910 it consisted of 224 farm- and 76 residential buildings, inhabited by 1,179 people. The Forges and a grain mill still operated. In 1913, Brentau was connected to the railway line from Langfuhr (Wrzeszcz) to Kokoschken (Kokoszki). Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piecki-Migowo
Piecki-Migowo (), popularly called Morena (''the Moraine''), is a district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It is a growing suburban area and is comprised of two former villages: Piecki and Migowo. Location Piecki-Migowo borders Brętowo and Wrzeszcz Górny to the north, Suchanino and Siedlce Siedlce () ( ) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ... to the east, Ujeścisko-Łostowice to the south, and Jasień to the west. It is divided into two quarters ('' osiedla''), Piecki and Migowo. History Piecki The village of Piecki is first mentioned as ''Pietzkendorf'' in a 1439 document wherein the Teutonic State granted the village to two knights, by which time it already had 36 gardens. It was owned by the Hospital of the Holy Ghost from 1546 onwards. It was destroyed during the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchanino
Suchanino (, ) is a district of Gdańsk, Poland, located near the central parts of the city. Most buildings in Suchanino are high-rise and were constructed in the 1970s. Location Suchanino borders Wrzeszcz Górny and Aniołki to the north, Siedlce to the east, south, and west, and Piecki-Migowo to the north and west. It does not contain any separate quarters ('' osiedla''). History Suchanino was, like most of Gdańsk's districts, initially a village. It was initially owned by individual knights. It was first mentioned in 1382 as Suchanke, though its more common German name became ''Zigankenberg'', which was commonly translated as Cygańska Góra. In 1380, the Teutonic State handed Zigankenberg over to the Młode Miasto, a quarter of the city of Gdańsk proper. When Młode Miasto was destroyed in 1454, the area was handed over to the city of Gdańsk. The area's soils were poor, and it was sparsely populated. It was destroyed and robbed repeatedly, with the known instances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniołki
Aniołki (, ; lit. ''Little Angels'') is one of the quarters of Gdańsk in Poland. Location Aniołki is located in the centre of the city, mainly around Victory Alley. It borders Wrzeszcz Górny and Wrzeszcz Dolny in the north, Młyniska in the east, Śródmieście and Siedlce in the south, and Suchanino in the west. History The name of Aniołki comes from the Church of St. Michael and All the Heaven's Angels, where an old tank currently stands as a statue. The church's ruins were uncovered in 2021. Near the quarter of Brama Oliwska, a railway station (built in 1870) functioned that was the main connection to most of Pomerania. Around 1900, the Gdańsk Główny railway station was built and the station was destroyed. In 1896, the ruins of a cemetery were removed and replaced with Steffens Park, named after Otto Steffens. In 1946, the ruins of the Church of St. Michael and All the Heaven's Angels were replaced with a T-34 tank The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strzyża
Strzyża (; ) is an administrative district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It consists primarily of single-family homes. Location Strzyża borders Oliwa to the north, Zaspa-Młyniec to the east, Wrzeszcz Górny to the south and east, and VII Dwór to the west. History Strzyża originated as a small town on the shores of the stream Strzyża. A bridge over the stream where Strzyża the district is found was first recorded in 1342, when the village itself was first mentioned as well. For much of its history, it was divided into two villages: Strzyża Górna and Strzyża Dolna. Both of them were owned by the Oliwa Abbey. Light industry developed along the stream. Several manor houses were built in the villages, and in 1814, Strzyża Dolna became part of the city of Danzig as a part of Wrzeszcz (then known as ''Langfuhr''). Strzyża Górna became part of the city somedeal in 1898, and then fully in 1902. During the latter half of the 19th century, Strzyża expanded as more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
