Osowa

Gdańsk-Osowa
	Gdańsk-Osowa
	Gdańsk-Osowa
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Pomerania
District of:	Danzig
Area :	14,133.8 km²
Geographic location :	54 ° 25 ' N , 18 ° 28' E Coordinates: 54 ° 25 '15 " N , 18 ° 28' 25" E
Residents :	13,245
	; ;

Location of the Osowa district in Gdansk

Osowa is characterized by new housing developments

Osowa (German: Espenkrug , Kashubian : Òsowô ) is the north-westernmost district of Gdańsk ( Danzig ) in Poland , it covers an area of 14.1 km² and has 13,245 inhabitants with a population density of 937 inhabitants / km². The area and the places have been administratively part of the city of Gdansk since January 1st 1973.

history

Espenkrug had only 201 inhabitants in 1905 and, like the neighboring town of Sopot, belonged to the Neustadt district in West Prussia in the administrative district of Danzig in the West Prussian province of the German Empire until 1920 .

After the end of the First World War , Osowa, like the greater part of West Prussia, had to be surrendered to Poland due to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty in 1920 for the purpose of establishing the Polish Corridor . Espenkrug was renamed Osowa and was on the border with the Free City of Danzig . 1921 Osowa station at the carbon highway ( Magistrala Węglowa ), the station building was built 1930th

With the attack on Poland in September 1939, Osowa came to the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia for the duration of the Second World War, in violation of international law .

In contrast, the eastern parts of today's urban district belonged to the Danziger Höhe district and were part of the Danzig Free State from 1920 to 1939.

geography

The district borders the cities of Gdynia and Sopot and the districts of Gdańsk Matarnia ( Mattern ) and Oliwa ( Oliva ).

Settlements and former places

In addition to Osowa ( Espenkrug ), the settlements Barniewice ( Barnewitz ), Kukawka (-), Nowy Świat ( New World ), Owczarnia ( sheep farm ) and Wysoka ( Wittstock ) belong to the Osowa district.

traffic

The municipality is connected to the city of Gdansk via the Droga ekspresowa S6 expressway .

train

Since September 2015, the station is to the new railway line Gdańsk Wrzeszcz Gdańsk-Osowa connected, the Lech Walesa Airport Gdansk is only two stations and 3.3 km away. Kościerzyna ( Berent ) is reached via the route from Gdynia ( Gdynia ) . In Gdynia and Gdańsk Wrzeszcz ( Langfuhr ) there is a connection to all long-distance trains and local transport.

Web links

Commons : Osowa - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

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

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