Strzyża (; ) is an administrative district of the city of
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, 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. Gdań ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. It consists primarily of single-family homes.
Location
Strzyża borders
Oliwa
Oliwa () (; ; ) is a northern district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. From east it borders Przymorze and Żabianka, from the north Sopot and from the south with the districts of Strzyża, VII Dwór and Brętowo, while from the west with Mat ...
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
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 n ...
(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 people moved in, mostly workers from Danzig proper. As of 1902, 2,565 people lived there. Much of the area's history then on was closely interlinked with that of Wrzeszcz. Minor development occurred in the district into the 1950s. In 1992, Strzyża was separated as a district from Wrzeszcz, though its borders differed significantly from the actual historical borders of the village of Strzyża.
Gallery
Gdansk.PlacPilsudskiego.052005.ws.jpg, ''Plac Piłsudskiego'' ("Piłsudski Square")
Gdańsk. Pomnik Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego - panoramio.jpg, Monument to Józef Piłsudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...
Stanisław Maczek monument in Gdańsk.jpg, Monument to Stanisław Maczek
Lieutenant General Stanisław Władysław Maczek (; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the ...
Gdansk PKM Strzyza 6.jpg, Gdańsk Strzyża railway station
References
External links
Map of Strzyża
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Districts of Gdańsk