Nowy Świat (Gdańsk)
Nowy Świat ( German New World , Kaschb. Nowi Swiat ) is a district of Danzig ( Polish Gdańsk) in Poland . It belongs to Osowa (Espenkrug) , the north-westernmost district of the city. Nowy Świat was divided in 1973, the western part belongs to the Powiat Kartuski .
geography
The district is located in the northwest of the city on the Danziger Höhe and borders the Powiat Kartuski in the east. The city center is about 15 kilometers away. Neighboring towns are in the city of Danzig: Osowa (Espenkrug) in the north and east and Barniewice (Barnewitz) in the southeast; in the area of the municipality Żukowo (Zuckau) : Barniewice in the south, Nowy Świat (New World) and Kowale (Kowalle) in the northwest.
history
New World was a dwelling place and belonged to Gutsbezirk Barnewitz in district Karthaus , Region of Danzig in West Prussia . The seat of the district and the registry office was Pempau (Pępowo). The Evangelical Church was located in Klein Katz (Mały Kack) and since 1873 in Friedenau. Catholics were parish in Mattern (Matarnia). In 1905 the New World had 81 inhabitants.
After the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles , Espenkrug and New World came to the resurrected Poland and the Pomeranian Voivodeship with the Polish Corridor in 1920 . As Osowa, Espenkrug became the border town of the Free City of Danzig . The construction of the coal main line (Magistrala węglowa) to the sea port of Gdynia (Gdynia) divided the place into a western and an eastern part in 1921. After the invasion of Poland , the area was occupied by Germans from September 1939 to March 1945, after which it became part of the Gdansk Voivodeship .
The village of Rębiechowo (Ramkau) ceded the eastern part of its district to the city of Danzig in 1973. Gdansk Airport was built in this area in the south . Nowy Świat was divided along the track. The western part came to the rural community Żukowo ( Zuckau , since 1989 urban and rural community ) and in 2009 received its own school administration office (sołectwo).
traffic
The S6 expressway is two kilometers away. It leads to Danzig in the east or to Stettin in the west. The nearby voivodship road DW218 leads to Wejherowo (Neustadt in West Prussia) .
Gdańsk Osowa Train Station on the railway line to Gdynia is around 500 meters away. PKM has been serving Gdańsk Airport since September 2015 on the Gdańsk Wrzeszcz – Gdańsk Osowa railway .
The airport is 3.3 kilometers away, the long-distance train stations Gdynia and Wrzeszcz (Langfuhr) 16 and 18 kilometers respectively. There is also a connection to the Tricity's S-Bahn .
Footnotes
- ↑ westpreussen.de: New World. (accessed on July 12, 2020)
Coordinates: 54 ° 25 ' N , 18 ° 27' E