VII Dwór, read as Siódmy Dwór (), is an administrative district (''

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'') ...

'') in 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 is located in the city's western areas.

Location

VII Dwór 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 west and north, Strzyża and Wrzeszcz Górny to the east, and

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 ...

to the south. It is not divided into any quarters ('' osiedla'').

History

VII Dwór was part of

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 A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often in a health ...

was opened in VII Dwór in 1931, which remains operational to this day. A subcamp of the Stalag XX-B

prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...

operated there during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. In the 1950s, the area began being developed, mostly with

single-family home A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling. Definitions ...

s, 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 office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined differently in terms of height depending on the jurisdiction. ...

housing estate, known as the ''Osiedle Młodych'', was completed in 1963.

Gallery

100 Wita Stwosza street in Gdańsk - house.jpg, Wita Stwosza 100, an 18th-century villa Gdańsk ulica Gryglewskiego 13 i 10.JPG, Gryglewski Street (mid-rise block housing) Gdańsk ulica Kurzyńskiego.JPG, Kurzyński Street (detached single-family housing) Gdańsk ulica Michałowskiego 50.JPG, Michałowsski Street (high-rise block housing)

References

Districts of Gdańsk {{Pomeranian-geo-stub