Chełm, Gdańsk

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Chełm
Gdańsk District
Chełm
Chełm
Location of Chełm within Gdańsk
Location of Chełm within Gdańsk
Coordinates: 54°19′29″N 18°36′57″E / 54.32472°N 18.61583°E / 54.32472; 18.61583
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
County/CityGdańsk
Area
 • Total3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total32,242
 • Density8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+48 58

Chełm (Polish pronunciation: [ɣɛwm]; German: Stolzenberg)[2] is an administrative district (dzielnica administracyjna) of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It got its final shape in 2019.

Location[]

From the north, the quarter is bordered by the districts of Siedlce and Śródmieście, from the east by Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce, from the south by Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe and Ujeścisko-Łostowice and from the west by Wzgórze Mickiewicza.

Quarters of Chełm are:

  • Stary Chełm (translated Old Chełm)
  • Nowy Chełm (translated New Chełm)

Quarters of the larger district Chełm transferred to Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe had been:

  • Orunia Górna (translated Upper Orunia)
  • Maćkowy
  • Borkowo, with:
    • Cztery Pory Roku (translated Four seasons)
    • Moje Marzenie (My dream)
    • Os. Kolorowe (Coloured quarter).

History[]

As part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland it was a private church village of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]

In 2010, the fast growing district of Chełm i Gdańsk Południe with a population of about 72,000 has been divided in the districts of Chełm and Ujeścisko-Łostowice. When Chełm reached a population of 51,000, the city council decided on August 30, 2018 for a second division in the smaller district of Chełm and the district Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe. The new district was created on March 24, 2019.[4][5]

In World War II, a subdivision of Stalag XXB or Stalag 20B Marienburg Danzig was established in the area nearby. Stalags had been German POW camps.

Chełm-Gdańsk Cemetery

Tourism[]

Tourist attractions:

  • Jewish Chełm-Gdańsk Cemetery (Cmentarz Żydowski), seriously devastated in the 1950th
  • The modern church św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej
  • The modern church pw. Krzyża Świętego.

References[]

  1. ^ gdansk.pl: Chełm.
  2. ^ "Gdańskie dzielnice tu mieszkam tu działam" (PDF) (in Polish). Gdańsk: City of Gdańsk. p. 650.
  3. ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 91 (in Polish)
  4. ^ Decision of the city council No. LVI / 1670/18 (August 30, 2018).
  5. ^ gdansk.pl: Dzielnica Orunia Górna - Gdańsk Południe ma już rok. Urodzinowy festyn. (Polish)

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