Biała Góra (Sztum)
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Pomerania | ||
| Powiat : | Sztum | ||
| Gmina : | Sztum | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 55 ' N , 18 ° 54' E | ||
| Residents : | 250 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 55 | ||
| License plate : | GSZ | ||
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| Next international airport : | Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport | ||
Biała Góra (German Weißenberg ) is a district of the municipality Sztum (Stuhm) in Poland . The place has 250 inhabitants and belongs to the powiat Sztumski in the Pomeranian Voivodeship . It is located 10 km west of Sztum on the right bank of the Vistula .
history
Weißenberg belonged to the Stuhm district in West Prussia from 1818 to 1945 . After the First World War, the place remained in accordance with the Peace Treaty of Versailles of July 11, 1920 and the referendum in the Marienwerder voting area with the German Reich . In Weißenberg, 304 people voted to stay with East Prussia, while Poland had 36 votes.
Located at the junction of the Nogat from the Vistula , the place was located in the triangle between East Prussia , Poland and the Free City of Danzig . In 1933 517 inhabitants lived in the village, in 1939 there were 545. After the Second World War it became part of Poland.
See also
- Mątowski Cypel (Montauer Spitze)
- Polish corridor
- Three-country corner of Europe # Historic three-country corner
- Second Polish Republic
West Prussian Cross
In the east of Weißenberg, the Homeland Service West Prussia and the Reich Association of Homeland- Loyal East and West Prussia erected an 8 m high stone cross in 1930. Facing the Vistula, the West Prussian Cross looked from the white hills of the right bank of the Vistula over the Polish corridor of that time into the German Empire, which was far to the west. In East and West Prussia, after 1920, it was hoped that the separation from the German Reich would only be temporary. The base of the cross not only bore the coats of arms of the Teutonic Order, East Prussia and West Prussia, but also an empty coat of arms - for Danzig when it became the provincial capital of West Prussia again. The inscription was WEST PRUSSIA DEM INDIVISIBLE GERMAN WEICHSELLAND . The cross was destroyed in 1945 on the advance of the Red Army . The (still recognizable) mark 1930 and the Iron Cross are carved into the foundation stone that has been preserved .
In 2008, a rock was erected at the site of the former border triangle, which had served as a boundary stone in German times . A plaque on the (Polish) front has been commemorating the rebirth of Poland since 2010. The (German) reverse bears the names of the four cities that the German Reich had to cede to the newly founded Free City of Danzig in 1920 : Danzig, Sopot, Tiegenhof and Neuteich (today: Gdańsk , Sopot , Nowy Dwór Gdański and Nowy Staw ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Marzian , Csaba Kenez : self-determination for East Germany. Documentation on the 50th anniversary of the East and West Prussian referendum on July 11, 1920. Editor: Göttinger Arbeitskreis , 1970, p. 127
- ↑ a b Biała Góra / Weißenberg (ordensland.de)