Brętowo

Gdańsk Brętowo
	Gdańsk Brętowo
	Gdańsk Brętowo
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Pomerania
District of:	Danzig
Area :	7.084 km²
Geographic location :	54 ° 22 ′ N , 18 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 54 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E
Residents :	7643 (2011)
Economy and Transport
Rail route :	Gdańsk Wrzeszcz – Gdańsk Osowa
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Location of the Brętowo district in Gdansk

Brętowo Niedźwiednik

Parish Church in Matemblewo

Brętowo (German Brentau , Kashubian Brentowò ) is a district of Gdańsk ( Danzig ) in Poland , this covers an area of 7.1 km² and has 7643 inhabitants with a population density of 1079 inhabitants / km². In 1933 the area was administratively part of the city of Gdansk.

geography

The district is located in the west of today's urban area and borders the districts of Oliwa , VII Dwór , Wrzeszcz Górny , Piecki-Migowo , Jasień and Matarnia .

structure

Historically, the district arose from:

Brętowo ( Brentau )
Lipnik ( Leipzig )
Matemblewo ( Matemblewo )
Niedźwiednik ( Bärenwinkel )
Nowiec ( Nawitz ).

history

Brętowo was also called Brentowo, finally Brentau and from 1818 belonged to the district of Danzig and came with it to Germany in 1871 . With the dissolution of the district, Brentau came to the new district of Danziger Höhe in 1887 and with this district from 1920 to 1939 became part of the Danzig mandate of the League of Nations. In 1933 Brentau left the district and was incorporated into Danzig. In 1939 the Third Reich annexed the mandate territory in an act that was not recognized by international law, incorporated it into the occupying Gdansk-West Prussia , to which Brentau (like all of Gdansk) belonged until the end of the Second World War .

Landmarks and buildings

Sanctuary Matki Bożej Brzemiennej in Matemblewo (Matęblewo) with parish church, forest chapel and papal altar.

traffic

The Brętowo District is connected to the airport and the Gdańsk Wrzeszcz long-distance railway station via the Gdańsk Brętowo and Gdańsk Niedźwiednik railway stations on the new Gdańsk Wrzeszcz – Gdańsk Osowa railway operated by PKM .

Web links

Commons : Brętowo - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Podział administracyjny Gdańska - Gdańsk - oficjalna strona miasta - Official website of the City of Gdańsk. As of January 12, 2011. Accessed January 17, 2012
^ West Prussian index of places (www.westpreussen.de), accessed on February 3, 2018.

[1] Podział administracyjny Gdańska - Gdańsk - oficjalna strona miasta - Official website of the City of Gdańsk. As of January 12, 2011. Accessed January 17, 2012

[2] West Prussian index of places (www.westpreussen.de), accessed on February 3, 2018.