Danzig penitentiary

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The Gdańsk Penitentiary

The Danzig penitentiary was built in the Hanseatic city of Danzig in 1629 and was one of the first penitentiaries in German-speaking countries. The model was the institution of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg , which opened in 1622 .

location

The building was located in what is now District Śródmieście (downtown) , near the oldest part Wicker Bastion of Gdansk's Old Town . A branch of the Radaune Canal ran along the north side of the forecourt . This place was named penitentiary place until in 1894 Hevelius space has been renamed. Today this is the "Plac Obrońców Poczty Polskiej" with the monument erected in 1979 for the defenders of the Polish Post .

history

The Gdańsk penitentiary, built in 1629, was initially a place of custody and discipline for beggars and vagabonds . Women and craftsmen bleached and dyed the building site and its surroundings . In 1699 the neighboring donation and orphanage was built north of the Radaune Canal . There the city ​​poor were cared for and made to work, at the same time it served as an orphanage . - In contrast, the stock tower with the torture chamber was the prison for serious cases in the 17th century.

During the 18th century the penitentiary was converted into a prison. After Danzig was incorporated into the Prussian monarchy in 1793, it was used as a garrison prison and from 1830 as a military hospital . In 1839 the building was demolished because of its poor condition. The garrison hospital was built there five years later and was vacant after the end of the First World War .

In the interwar period , the Polish Post Office was set up there in 1925, and on September 1, 1939, the Polish Post Office - today the Muzeum Poczty Polskiej w Gdańsku (Museum of the Polish Post Office in Gdansk) .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Andrzej Januszajtis : Zamczysko . In: Gedanopedia (Polish, accessed January 15, 2020)

Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 18.5 ″  N , 18 ° 39 ′ 24.4 ″  E