Chełm, Gdańsk
Chełm | |
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Gdańsk District | |
Chełm | |
![]() Location of Chełm within Gdańsk | |
Coordinates: 54°19′29″N 18°36′57″E / 54.32472°N 18.61583°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County/City | Gdańsk |
Area | |
• Total | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 32,242 |
• Density | 8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+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.
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[]
- ^ gdansk.pl: Chełm.
- ^ "Gdańskie dzielnice tu mieszkam tu działam" (PDF) (in Polish). Gdańsk: City of Gdańsk. p. 650.
- ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 91 (in Polish)
- ^ Decision of the city council No. LVI / 1670/18 (August 30, 2018).
- ^ gdansk.pl: Dzielnica Orunia Górna - Gdańsk Południe ma już rok. Urodzinowy festyn. (Polish)
External links[]
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- Podział administracyjny Gdańska (Polish)
- gedanopedia.pl: Chełm (Polish)
- gedanopedia.pl: Orunia Górna (Polish)
- Districts of Gdańsk