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Gdansk ( Polish: Gdansk, Kashubian: Gdunsk German: Danzig) is a Baltic Sea city with a long and colorful history. Gdansk is the 6th largest city in Poland, its principal seaport, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship.
The city lies on the southern coast of the Gdansk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdynia and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiato) with a population of over a million people. Gdansk is, with a population of 460,000 (2002), the largest city in the historical province of Eastern PomeraniaEastern Pomerania (also Pomerelia East Pomerania Gdansk Pomerania Vistula Pomerania is a geographical and historical region in the east of Pomerania in northern Poland. Major cities: Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot The indigenous population of Pomeranians is mostly.
Gdansk is situated at the mouth of the MotlawaThe Motlawa river is a river in Eastern Pomerania. The source is in Szpegawskie lake, north-east from Starogard Gdanski. It goes through Rokickie lake, and goes to Leniwka. 7 km, drawn area 1511. The city of Gdansk is situated at its mouth in the Leniwka. River, a branch in the delta of the VistulaVistula ( Polish Wisla is the longest river in Poland. It is 1,047 kilometers (678 miles) long and drains about 192,000 square kilometers (74,000 sq. miles), or almost two thirds of Poland's surface. The Vistula has its source in the south of the country,, whose waterway system connects 60% of the area of Poland, giving the city a unique advantage as the center of Poland's sea trade. In the past, Gdansk made the most of this advantage holding the position as Poland's largest city until 1770Events March 5 Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later. May 14 Marie Antoinette arrives to French Court. May 16 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old L.
A major regional port since the 14th century13th century 14th century 15th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. Events The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age Beginning of th and subsequently a principal shipbuilding centre, today's Gdansk remains an important industrial centre despite the development in the 1920sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working t of the nearby port of Gdynia.
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The city has been known under various names during its history. In the local Kashubian language it is known as Gdunsk and the LatinAlternative meanings: See Latin (disambiguation Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and ma name for it is Gedania. However, the German and Polish versions are most common in English usage. The German name, Danzig, is usually used when talking about the period from 1308 until 1945 during which the city was in German hands or had a predominantly German population. The Polish name, Gdansk, is used for earlier as well as for modern times.
The name of Gdansk is usually interpreted as a town located on the Gdania River, which is thought to be the original name of the Motlawa branch the city is situated on. The territory was recorded as Scandza ("Gothic coast") by Jordanes, who recorded the Germanic tribes at the Vistula and the Prussian tribes of the Vidivaria, Ulmigeri and Aesti next to the Germanic tribes at the mouth of the Vistula River. The area was again recorded after 997 in the Vita Adalbertis, the life of Saint Adalbert of Prague, when it was mentioned as Gdansk City (urbs Gyddanyzc), the fortress of the King Boleslaus I of Poland.
The name of a settlement was recorded after St. Adalbert's demise in 997 A.D. as urbs Gyddanyzc and later was written as Kdanzk (1148), Gdanzc (1188), Gdansk (1236), Danzc (1263), Danczk (1311, 1399, 1410, 1414–1438), Danczik (1399, 1410, 1414), Danczig (1414), Gdansk (1454, 1468, 1484), Gdansk (1590), Gdansk (1636) and in Latin documents Gedanum or Dantiscum. These early recordings show the Pomeranian name Gdunsk, the Polish name Gdansk and a simplified German name Danzig (reflecting the presence over many centuries of a German-speaking population).
Alternative spellings from medieval and early modern documents are Gyddanyzc, Kdansk, Gdanzc, Dantzk, Dantzig, Dantzigk, Dantiscum and Gedanum. The official Latin name of Gedanum was used simultaneously.
The municipal community received a seal of 1224 stated as follows: SIGILLUM BURGENSIUM DANTZIKE. After World War I, the city was officially called Freistadt Danzig (the Free City of Danzig), until its annexation by Germany in 1939.
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