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GDAŃSK
GDAŃSK
Gdansk is the most important city on the Baltic coast, creates a whole
with Sopot and Gdynia called Tricity, is also the capital of
Pomerania and part of the Gdansk agglomeration. It lies at the Gulf
of Gdansk, at the mouth of the Vistula river and Mołtawa. It is very
important hub of communication with the port of Gdansk and the
North at the forefront. In the city there are shipyards, a university
with a long-standing tradition and historical diversity within the
remnants of the city. Gdansk, together with other cities in the TriCity, lies at the intersection of a few, important international routes.
The most important and most interesting monuments are located
within the Main and Old Town. Other important places are also
Westerplatte, Olive team cathedral, and Fortress Wisloujscie. In the
area of the capital of Pomerania there are numerous museums,
galleries, theaters and the philharmonic.
HISTORY
The first traces of settlement at the mouth of the Vistula River are dated
to about 2000 BC. Its convenient location has made it a dynamically
developing the settlement.
For the first time in the history of Gdansk emerged as the urbs
Gyddanyzc more than 1,000 years ago in connection with the arrival
here of Saint Adalbert in the 997 on going up to Chrystianic Prussia
mission. Even then, as a Pomeranian fortress at the border with pagan
Prussia, it was a city where you could meet people of different
nationalities and religions.
Gdansk was then a major port settlement, surrounded by massive
wooden fortifications. Excellent location at the mouth of Motława, at
the mouth of the western part of the Vistula River and the fact that it
was the capital of the Duchy of Pomerania District, allowed the rapid
development of the city and port. It was a trade-craft businesses
colony, which gave Duke Svatopluk Pomeranian, probably around
mid-thirteenth century, a town (Lübeck). At that time there were
already two colonies, probably an urban village centered around the
church of St. Katarzyna at today's fish markets and the second
covering the southern part of the Main Cities of the port along Motława
between Green Gate and cranes.
Gdansk was united with the Kingdom of Poland in 1294, as a result of
giving out Gdansk in his will by the last prince Mściwoj II to the future
king Przemyslaw II.
CULTURE
Gdansk is one of the largest cultural centers in the northern Poland.
There are a few theaters here , seven cinemas, the Opera, and
philharmonic orchestra. For tourists equally important is the
possibility of visiting the vast amount of museums, documenting the
stormy past of the town. Gdansk is also an important choir center in
which several groups actively work. City prestige is enhanced by
various types of festivals and events ranging from Shakespeare
Festival, the Market of St. Domenic, to the Festival of the Good Sense
of Humor.
ECONOMY
Gdańsk is one of the most important economic centers in the
Baltic Sea region. Already the first records proved the
existence of the town in "St. Adalbert's Life" in 997, they tell us
about the castle, the city, so Gdańsk had to be an inhabited
settlement. Het settlement ran trade-fair activities, fishing,
amber gatherering and sea port. In 1235 Gdańsk was a town as
a result of strong growth in the days Svatopluk. The best trade
relations Gdańsk mainained with Lübeck where salt and
broadcloth were imported from, and grain and wood were
exported to.
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
Gdańsk is the capital and the largest city of Pomeranian Region. City
administration is not only the Town Office, but also many other
organizational entities reporting to the authorities of the city. These
include, among others such entities as: Management of Roads and
Greenery, Urban Transport Management Board, Municipal Guard,
Office of Development of Gdansk (planning), Department of Social,
Historical Museum of the City of Danzig, Town House of Culture. In
addition, the city is subject to more than 200 educational institutions.
Administrative divisions:
Gdańsk, the City Council, is divided into 30 units called
neighborhoods. Residents of neighborhoods have the right to form
auxiliary units municipalities - Council of Settlements. In Gdansk
operates 10 Rad Settlements. Created in the districts Brzeźno,
Kokoszki, Krakowiec-Western Hills, Letnica, Młynska, Olszynka,
Osowa, Rudniki, Strzyża and Sobieszewska Island.
EDUCATION
In Gdansk and its surroundings next to its headquarters is more than a
dozen universities. In them there are around 60,000 students, making
Gdansk one of the most important academic centers in Poland.
The most important universities: University of Medical Sciences,
Academy of Music, the Academy of Fine Arts, University of
Technology, University of Gdansk…
Monuments and other tourist
facilities in Gdansk
Gdańsk is one of the most historic places in Poland, despite the fact that almost all
the historical downtown was rebuilt after the last war, and much of the relics
were destroyed or dispersed. At the end of the Middle Ages, Gdańsk became
the most important artistic center in the region. Also during the Renaissance
and Baroque eminent artists performed here, for example Willem, Abraham and
Isaac van den Blocke Antoni van Obberghen, Andreas Schlüter
.
Gdansk most important monuments are in the main city (City Hall Main Town,
Arthur's Court, the Uphagens House) and Old Town (Great Mill, the Old Town
City Hall, the Church of St. Catharine), the main routes are located along the
Royal representative street of Gdansk – Long Street. In the main city there is
also the Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady Mary's – the largest medieval
brick temple in Europe. To 1939 there was Great Synagogue there.
Among the important places in Gdansk should also be Westerplatte, the
Fortress Wisloujscie and Oliwa, where there is the cathedral.
Sthe monuments of Gdansk are on the European Track of Brick Gothic.
CITY OF OLD TOWN HALL
The main entrance to City Hall from the Long street. Two specific
staircase form an artistic whole with the work of Daniel Eggert – the
porch from the years 1766-1768. An interesting things is Gdansk coat
of arms supported by two lions, placed above the entrance to City
Hall. It is the only of its kind, due to the fact that the two lions heads
are looking toward the Golden Gate, instead of looking at each other.
According to tradition it was the directions where from the king of
Poland was to arrive to help Gdańsk in a difficult moment in the city’s
history.
Artus Court
Artus mansions traditions date back to Middle Ages., from the knights the ethos in
Europe. The common name comes from the name of mansionsof legendary
Celtic leader Arhtur. In the Middle Ages it was the model of chivalric virtues of
a 'round table', at which he sat with his brave companions - a symbol of
harmony and equality. The Arthus Mansion in Gdansk is one of ten objects that
were built over the Baltic Sea since the beginning of the sixteenth century and
the only one preserved in its original state to the end of the twentieth century.
The most important monuments of the manor is the largest tile heating stove in
Europe, the level of 10.64 meters, consisting of 520 richly decorated tiles . The
museum complex of Arthus Court also includes a historic patricius house with
its interior, where the decor comes from the XVII and XVIII c. At present the
Arthus Court gathers collections that illustrate the history and functions of the
entire complex on the background of economic and public life of the city, and
shaping the culture of Gdansk secular bourgeoisie.
Great Mill
Great Mill - in the Old Town of Gdansk one of the largest industrial
facilities of medieval Europe. It was built with bricks by the Teutonic
Knights in the fourteenth century and served as the mill initially
equipped with 12, while later in 18 large water wheels driven by
Radunia Channel
.
Church of Sts. Katarzyna
Church of St. Catharine - the oldest parish church in the Old Town of
Gdansk. It was built in the years 1227-1239, the founders were leaders
of the Gdansk Pomerania. It was developed in the fourteenth century.
Between 1555-1945 it belonged to Protestants.
The church tower, measuring 76 m, is crowned by a baroque cupola
made by Jacob van den Block. In the hall there are paintings by Anton
Moeller and Isaac van den Block, as well as Baroque epitaphs and
funeral stela of the astronomer John Heweliusz from 1659.
A particular monument is located there, the image of Our Lady
Bołszowiecka from Bołszowic.
In The church there is the Museum of Tower Clocks, a branch of the
Historical Museum of the City of Gdansk.
Westerplatte
Westerplatte - a peninsula in Gdansk, at the mouth of Dead Vistula River.
In the years 1926-39 a military transit depot, which defense in
September 1939 became one of the most famous symbols of the
Polish resistance. It fought alone, only German sources gave the
information about the live torpedo attack toward Westerplatte
battering position in the New Port.
Currently, in the park there is the Monument of Defenders of Coast. It
is 25 meters high (not counting the base, which is a 20-meter mound).
Het jagged shape of the monument recalls a bayonet stabbed into the
ground.
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