Chełm (Gdańsk)

Gdańsk Chełm
	Gdańsk Chełm
	Gdańsk Chełm
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Pomerania
District of:	Danzig
Area :	3.89 km²
Geographic location :	54 ° 19 ' N , 18 ° 37' E Coordinates: 54 ° 19 '29 " N , 18 ° 36' 57" E
Residents :	32,242 (2019)
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Location of the Chełm district in Gdansk

Chełm

Chełm (German Stolzenberg ) is a district of Gdańsk ( Danzig ) in Poland . This covers an area of 3.89 km² and has 32,242 inhabitants with a population density of 8,288 inhabitants / km². Chełm is the most populous of the 35 urban districts of Gdansk. Parts of the area came administratively to the city of Gdansk between 1814 and 1973.

history

On March 24, 2019, the new 35th district of Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe (translated High-Ohra and Danzig-South ) was separated from the district of Chełm, which has been in existence since 2011 and has an area of 11.1 km² and more than 51,000 inhabitants .

During the Second World War , a department of Stalag XX B was set up near Stolzenberg; the Danzig-Matzkau penal camp and the Matzkau branch of the Stutthof concentration camp were located in Matzkau . Remnants of the camp are still there.

Stolzenberg, along with Old Scotland, Schidlitz and St. Albrecht, was the capital of the Royal Prussian Immediatstadt Stolzenberg in West Prussia , which was directly under the King of Prussia. It existed from 1772 to 1814 and was also known as the United Suburbs.

geography

The district is located in the south of the city and borders the districts of Wzgórze Mickiewicza , Siedlce , Śródmieście , Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce , Ujeścisko-Łostowice and Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe.

structure

Stary Chełm ( Stolzenberg )
Nowy Chełm (translated New Chełm )

Part of Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe since March 2019:

Orunia Górna (translated High Orunia )
Maćkowy ( Matzkau )
Borkowo ( Borgfeld ) with the new development areas:
- Cztery Pory Roku (translated Four Seasons )
- Moje Marzenie (translated My Dream )
- Os. Kolorowe (translated colorful settlement ).

Landmarks and buildings

Jewish cemetery (Cmentarz Żydowski), looted after 1945
Church św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej
Church pw.Krzyża Świętego
Two large shopping centers.

Web links

Commons : Chełm (Gdańsk) - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Podział administracyjny Gdańska - Official website of the City of Gdańsk. As of January 31, 2019.

[1] Podział administracyjny Gdańska - Official website of the City of Gdańsk. As of January 31, 2019.