Śródmieście ([ɕrudˈmjɛɕt͡ɕɛ]; 'city centre'; Kashubian: Westrzódgardzé) is a district (dzielnica) of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. Śródmieście is commonly referred to as Main City, Old City, or simply Gdańsk, since the quarter is equivalent to the traditional area of the city.
Śródmieście | |
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Gdańsk District | |
.jpg) View of Długi Targ and Gdańsk Town Hall | |
 Location of Śródmieście within Gdańsk | |
| Coordinates: 54°24′27″N 18°37′53″E / 54.40750°N 18.63139°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County/City | Gdańsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 29,630[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 80-500 |
| Area code | +48 58 |
| Vehicle registration | GD |
Location
editThe quarter is located in the centre-eastern part of Gdańsk, on the River Motława to its west and east. To its north-east, the quarter borders the Przeróbka quarter on Port Island by the Martwa Wisła River. To its south and east, the quarter is bordered by the Opływ Motławy, via which the quarter borders the quarters of Rudniki, Olszynka and Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce. To the south-west of Śródmieście, via Biskupia Górka, the quarter borders Chełm, to the west with Siedlce. Śródmieście borders Aniołki and Młyniska to its north.
Quarter subdivisions
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The following morphological units are located in Śródmieście:
| Division | Short description | Location in Śródmieście |
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| Główne Miasto | Historic central part of Gdańsk. A fortified trade port between the tenth and thirteen century. Granted city rights in 1343. | 
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| Stare Miasto | The oldest borough of Gdańsk from the ninth century. Settled between 970 and 980, after 1433 surrounded by palisades and a motte. Municipal government based on Lübeck law established between 1261–1263. | 
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| Stare Przedmieście | An unfortified subdivision of Główne Miasto. Since 1360, gardens and ship workshops. | 
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| Wyspa Spichrzów | Around 1330, the first granaries were built, as well as a butcher, city folwark, Popielny Court (Dwór Popielny) and storehouses. | 
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| Długie Ogrody | c. 1360 - meadows and rental gardens (patrimonium). An undefensed borough was built at the beginning of the fifteenth century. | 
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| Ołowianka | Between 1343–1454, property of the Teutonic Order. | 
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| Dolne Miasto | Garden borough. | 
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| Nowe Ogrody | Hospital and St. Gertrude's Church built in 1342. | 
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| Grodzisko | Defensive gord built in the ninth-tenth-century. City fortifications built in 1656 and 1807. | 
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| Biskupia Górka | Former property of the Bishops of Włocławek, bishop's court. City fortifications built in the seventeenth century. | 
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| Zaroślak | Teutonic settlement from 1365. | 
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| Sienna Grobla | Blockhouse on the Polski Hak from the eighteenth century. | 
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| Rudno | Part of the Długie Ogrody from the fifteenth and sixteenth-century. | 
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Transport
editThe Gdańsk Główny and Gdańsk Śródmieście railway stations are located within the district, with the former being the second busiest railway station in the Tricity and ninth busiest station in Poland (as of 2021).[2]
References
edit- ^ "Gdańsk - oficjalny portal miasta". www.gdansk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Wymiana pasażerska na stacjach". Portal statystyczny UTK (in Polish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
External links
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