Gdansk is the
historical capital of Gdansk Pomerania and the largest city of
Kashubia. The city was close to the former late medieval boundary
between West Slavic and Germanic seized lands and it has a
complex political history with periods of Polish rule, periods of
German rule, and extensive self-rule, with two spells as a free
city. Between the World Wars, the Free City of Danzig was in a
customs union with Poland and was located between German East
Prussia and the "Polish corridor" to the sea where the
harbour of Gdynia grew up. Gdansk has been part of modern Poland
since 1945. Gdansk is situated at the mouth of the Motlawa River,
connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby
Vistula River, whose waterway system supplies 60% of the area of
Poland and connects Gdansk to the national capital in Warsaw.
This gives the city a unique advantage as the center of Poland's
sea trade. Together with the nearby port of Gdynia, Gdansk is
also an important industrial centre. Historically an important
seaport and shipbuilding centre, Gdansk was a member of the
Hanseatic League.
Join me on the walk
through the central parts of the city. After the war almost
everything was damaged so they have done a really impressive
renovation job here,
Click on the pictures to
have a larger version
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have reached the central part of Gdansk and the buildings
there were great looking |
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