Stare Miasto | |
|---|---|
Quarter (dzielnica) | |
 Skyline of the Old Town | |
 Location of Stare Miasto within Śródmieście, Gdańsk | |
| Coordinates: 54°21′14″N 18°38′55″E / 54.3539°N 18.6486°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| City | Gdańsk |
| District | Śródmieście |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GD |
| Designated | 1994-09-08 |
| Part of | Gdańsk – city within the 17th-century fortifications |
| Reference no. | M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 415[1] |
The Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto; German: Altstadt) is a quarter (osiedle) of Śródmieście, a district of Gdańsk. It is the oldest area of the city to be granted city rights or privileges.
History
[edit]The Old Town was the location of a small fortified settlement by 970 and 980, and it comprised the majority and central section of the city of Gdańsk for much of its early history.[2] In 1308, it was destroyed and burnt amidst the Gdańsk massacre, carried out by the Teutonic Order, slowly recovering, mostly as a suburb to the nearby Main City, which became the more important location in Gdańsk after 1308.[3]
As of 1495, 3,655 people lived in the Old Town, which had increased to 31,250 by 1880 and 37,586 by 1917. The area was impoverished, and it suffered from significant destruction during the siege of Danzig in 1945. Some historical buildings, such as the Great Mill, were restored. Several commercial buildings, mostly shops and shopping malls, have been built in the Old Town since the 1980s.[3]
Notable sights
[edit]Notable sights in the Old Town include the historic Old Town Hall in Gdańsk, completed in the 16th century,[4] the 14th-century Great Mill,[5] the preserved medieval Home of the Pelpin Abbots,[6] the Polish Post Office, famously defended on 1 September 1939, as well as its museum,[7] the early-20th-century Gdańsk Główny railway station,[8] the Mannerist Preachers' House,[9] the tall Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970,[10] the equestrian King John III Sobieski Monument,[11] and the Radunia Canal, a 14th-century canal connecting two rivers, the Radunia and Motława.[12]
Gallery
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References
[edit]- ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P., 1994, vol. 50, No. 415
- ^ "Jednostki morfogenetyczne Gdańska". gis.gdansk.pl. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ a b Januszajtis, Andrzej. "STARE MIASTO". gedanopedia.pl. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Ratusz Staromiejski". nck.org.pl. Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury w Gdańsku. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Antioniewicz, Grażyna (25 November 2016). "Czy Gdańsk ma oddać Krzyżakom Wielki Młyn? [ZDJĘCIA]". Dziennik Bałtycki. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Dom Opatów Pelplińskich". gdanskastrefa.com. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Adamkowicz, Marek (2018). Muzeum Gdańska. Przewodnik ilustrowany. ISBN 978-83-62559-29-9.
- ^ Januszajtis, Andrzej (14 June 2020). "Tego na pewno nie wiecie. Ojcowie naszego dworca [FELIETON]". wyborcza.pl. Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Grün (5 September 2005). "Napis na Domu Kaznodziejów". Akademia Rzygaczy. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Śliwiński, Błażej. "POMNIK POLEGŁYCH STOCZNIOWCÓW 1970". gedanopedia.pl. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Borowski, Rafał (24 June 2015). "Ze Lwowa przez Warszawę do Gdańska. Historia pomnika króla Jana III Sobieskiego". trojmiasto.pl. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Rozenberg, Wawrzyniec (19 March 2023). "Od Pruszcza do Gdańska. Kanał Raduni zbudowany przez Krzyżaków nadal pożyteczny i... pełen uroku". Dziennik Bałtycki. Dziennik Bałtycki. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
