Kokoszki (Gdańsk)

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Gdańsk Kokoszki (Poland)
Gdańsk Kokoszki
Gdańsk Kokoszki
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Pomerania
District of: Danzig
Area : 19.845  km²
Geographic location : 54 ° 21 '  N , 18 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 21 '15 "  N , 18 ° 29' 29"  E
Residents : 7465 (2011)



Location of the Kokoszki district in Gdansk
Kokoszki
Las Sulmiński

Kokoszki (German Kokoschken , Kashubian Kòkòszczi ) is a district of Gdańsk ( Danzig ) in Poland , this covers an area of ​​19.8 km² and has 7,465 inhabitants with a population density of 376 inhabitants / km². In 1973 the area was administratively part of the city of Gdansk.

geography

The district is located in the west of today's urban area and is the second largest by area. It borders the Matarnia and Jasień Districts , the Kolbudy Commune to the south and the Żukowo Commune to the west . The area still belongs to the eastern part of the Kashubian Lake District with extensive forest areas and corresponding hiking trails.

structure

  • Bysewo ( Bissau )
  • Kokoszki ( Kokoschken )
  • Karczemki ( Karczemken )
  • Kiełpino Górne ( High Kelpin )
    • Smęgorzyno ( Smengorschin )
  • Las Sulmiński ( Sulmin, Ottomin Forest District )
  • Rębiechowo ( Ramkau ), only parts of the municipality.

history

The border between the Free City of Danzig and the Second Republic of Poland ran through today's district from 1920 to 1939 . Bysewo, Kokoszki, Karczemki and Rębiechowo belonged to the Polish Voivodeship Pomeranian and High Kelpin (with Smengorschin) and Ottomin to the Danziger Höhe district in the Free City area.

During the Second World War , a satellite camp of the Stutthof concentration camp was set up at the train station , and the prisoners were brought to the external labor camps of the Danzig shipyards in freight wagons. In 1942 some places in the district were renamed, Kokoschken was given the name "Klein Bessa".

On May 2, 1994, the worst accident in Polish road traffic occurred here. When a bus hit a tree, 32 people died and 40 were injured.

Web links

Commons : Kokoszki (Gdańsk)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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