Gdańsk is among the most visited cities in Poland, having received 3.4 million tourists according to data collected in 2019.[15] The city also hostsSt. Dominic's Fair, which dates back to 1260,[16] and is regarded as one of the biggest trade and cultural events in Europe.[17] In a 2019 quality of life ranking, Gdańsk achieved the highest placement among all Polish cities.[18][19][20] Its historic city centre has been listed as one of Poland'snational monuments.[21] In 2025, Gdańsk became aUNESCOCity of Literature.[22]
The name of the city was most likely derived fromGdania, a river presently known asMotława on which the city is situated.[23] Other linguists also argue that the name stems from theProto-Slavicadjective/prefixgъd-, which meant 'wet' or 'moist' with the addition of themorphemeń/ni and thesuffix-sk.[24]
The name of the settlement was recorded afterSt. Adalbert's death in 997 CE asurbs Gyddanyzc and it was later written asKdanzk in 1148,Gdanzc in 1188,Danceke[25] in 1228,Gdańsk in 1236,[d]Danzc in 1263,Danczk in 1311,[e]Danczik in 1399,[f]Danczig in 1414, andGdąnsk in 1656.[26]
In Polish documents, the form Gdańsk was always used. In German-language documents, multiple variants of the name were recorded over time.[27] The cluster "gd" became "d" (Danzc from 1263),[28] the combination "ns" became "nts" (Danczk from 1311),[28] and finally anepenthetical "i" broke up the final cluster (Danczik from 1399).[28]
In Polish, the modern name of the city is pronounced[ɡdaj̃sk]ⓘ. In English (where thediacritic over the "n" is frequently omitted) the usual pronunciation is/ɡəˈdænsk/ or/ɡəˈdɑːnsk/. The German name,Danzig, is usually pronounced[ˈdantsɪç]ⓘ, or alternatively[ˈdantsɪk]ⓘ in more Southern German-speaking areas. The city'sLatin name may be given as eitherGedania,Gedanum, orDantiscum.[29]
In theKashubian language, the city is calledGduńsk.[8] On special occasions, the city is also referred to as "The Royal Polish City of Gdańsk" (Polish:Królewskie Polskie Miasto Gdańsk; Latin:Regia Civitas Polonica Gedanensis; Kashubian:Królewsczi Pòlsczi Gard Gduńsk).[30][31][32] Although some Kashubians may also use the name "Our Capital City Gduńsk" (Nasz Stoleczny Gard Gduńsk) or "Our [regional] Capital City Gduńsk" (Stoleczny Kaszëbsczi Gard Gduńsk), the cultural and historical connections between the city and the region ofKashubia are debatable and use of such names raises controversy among Kashubians.[33]
The oldest evidence found for the existence of a settlement on the lands of what is now Gdańsk comes from theBronze Age (which is estimated to be from c. 2500–1700 BC) and theIron Age (c. 1200–550 BC). Archaeological finds testify to the existence of theLusatian culture and amber trade along the so-calledAmber Road.[13]
The settlement that is now known as Gdańsk began in the 9th century, being mostly anagriculture andfishing-dependent village.[13][14] In the beginning of the 10th century, it began its transformation into an important centre fortrade (especially between thePomeranians) until its annexation inc. 975 byMieszko I.[34] The first written record thought to refer to Gdańsk is a work describing the life ofSaint Adalbert. Written in 999, it describes how in 997, SaintAdalbert of Prague baptised the inhabitants ofurbs Gyddannyzc, "situated on the edge of the vast state [Duchy of Poland] and touching the seashore."[35] No further written sources exist for the 10th and 11th centuries.[36] Based on the date in Adalbert'svita, the city celebrated its millennial anniversary in 1997.[37]
Archaeological evidence for the origins of the town was retrieved mostly afterWorld War II had laid 90percent of the city centre in ruins, enabling excavations.[38] The oldest seventeen settlement levels were dated to between 980 and 1308.[37]Mieszko I of Poland erected a stronghold on the site in the 980s, thereby connecting thePolish state ruled by thePiast dynasty with the trade routes of theBaltic Sea.[39] Traces of buildings and housing from the 10th century have been found in archaeological excavations of the city.[40]
The site was ruled by theSamborides as part of theDuchy of Pomerelia, afief of theDuchy of Poland since 1119. According to a 1148papal bull, Gdańsk was part of the Polish diocese ofWłocławek.[41] Beginning approximately in 1180, the city’s increasing involvement in Baltic trade attracted numerous German settlers, the majority of whom came fromLübeck.[42] Henceforth, the site consisted of a settlement at the modern Long Market, settlements of craftsmen along the Old Ditch, the old Piast stronghold and the newly established German merchant settlements aroundSt Nicholas' Church.[43]
Excavated cellars of a 13th-centuryDominican monastery in Gdańsk
Since 1227,Świętopełk II ruledPomerelia as an independent duchy and the town subsequently became part of theDuchy of Gdańsk.[44] It was at this time that Gdańsk became an important trading town on the lower Vistula.[45] Between 1242–1248 and 1252–1254, Świętopełk fought against theTeutonic Order, who were supported by Lübeck.[46] These conflicts hindered the transformation of the German colony into an autonomous town at this time.[46] Migration of merchants to the town resumed in 1257.[47] At the latest in 1263, Pomerelian duke Świętopełk II granted city rights underLübeck law to the emerging market settlement.[48] It was anautonomy charter similar to that of Lübeck, which was also the primary origin of many settlers.[43] In a document of 1271 the Pomerelian dukeMestwin II addressed the Lübeck merchants settled in the city as his loyal citizens from Germany.[49][50]
As Mestwin II was the last male representative of his dynasty, his death in 1294 precipitated a contest for control of the city and its surrounding region, involving the PolishPiast dynasty, thePřemyslid rulers ofBohemia, the GermanMargraves of Brandenburg, and the Teutonic Order.[51] In 1300, the town had an estimated population of 2,000.[52] While overall the town was not an important trade centre at that time, it had relevance in regional trade.[52]
In 1308, following a rebellion instigated againstBogusza [pl], the governor of Gdańsk who was appointed by the futureking of Poland,Władysław I the Elbow-high,[53] the town was taken byBrandenburg.[54] Polish forces, under siege in the stronghold, sought aid from the Teutonic Knights, who freed them and proceeded to seize the town, which had previously acknowledged Brandenburg's authority.[54] Subsequently, the Teutonic Order massacred not only the Brandenburg forces and the Pomeranian knights who supported them, but also the town's inhabitants.[55] Błażej Śliwiński (2008) estimates that the overall number of killed was between 50 and 60 Pomeranian and Brandenburg knights, and 1,000 commoners from of the town's population and the adjacent settlements, which he estimates at the time numbered between 2,000 and 3,000 people.[56] Śliwiński & Możejko (2017) give the estimated number of victims as approximately 1,000.[57] According to Smoliński (2021), the death toll is estimated to lie between 60 and 150.[58] The events were used by the Polish Crown to condemn the Teutonic Order in a subsequent papal lawsuit.[59][60] After the takeover, the Teutonic Knights faced charges that they committed a massacre in apapal bull issued byClement V.[61]
Gdańsk Crane, the largest medieval port crane, was completed in 1444.
The Teutonic Knights incorporated the town into theirmonastic state and instructed the remaining burghers to depart.[57] In 1308, they foundedOsiek Hakelwerk near the town, initially as aLechitic fishing settlement.[62] The Order did not rebuild the town until the mid-1320s, when some of its former inhabitants—primarily Lübeckers, who also brought back the pre-1308 town seal—returned, alongside settlers from other German regions.[57] The town saw a rapid rise in population and became almost completely German; it would become primarily known by its German name,Danzig.[63] In 1340, the Teutonic Order constructed a large fortress, which became the seat of the knights'Komtur.[64] After a series ofPolish–Teutonic Wars, KingCasimir of Poland recognized the Teutonic Order’s possession of Danzig and Pomerelia in theTreaty of Kalisz (1343),[65] and the Order acknowledge that it would hold Danzig and Pomerelia as a grant from the Polish Crown. By accepting this grant, the Teutonic Order thus recognized the previous rights of Polish monarchs to the seized territories, something which they had previously denied, also this allowed for future claims by the Crown for the territories to be returned.[66] The city thrived as a result of increased exports of grain (especially wheat), timber,potash, tar, and other goods of forestry from Prussia and Poland via theVistula Rivertrading routes. The Order's religious networks helped to develop Danzig's literary culture.[67]
In 1346, Teutonic Order changed the Town Law of the city, which then consisted only of theRechtstadt, toKulm law.[68] In 1358, Danzig joined theHanseatic League, and became an active member in 1361.[69] It maintained relations with the trade centresBruges,Novgorod,Lisboa, andSevilla.[69] Around 1377, theOld Town was equipped with city rights as well.[70] In 1380, theNew Town was founded as the third, independent settlement.[62] Urban growth was mainly driven by migration from German-speaking lands.[71] A new war broke out in 1409, culminating in theBattle of Grunwald (1410), and the city came under the control of theKingdom of Poland. A year later, with theFirst Peace of Thorn, it returned to the Teutonic Order. In 1440, the city participated in the foundation of thePrussian Confederation, an organisation opposed to the rule of the Teutonic Order.[72] Following a fire in 1442, theCrane Gate, one of the city's present-day landmarks, was constructed in 1444 under the sanction of the Order.[73] In a complaint of 1453, the Prussian Confederation mentioned repeated cases in which the Teutonic Order imprisoned or murdered local patricians and mayors without a court verdict.[74]
Original charter of 1455 by KingCasimir IV granting Danzig the right to independently levy and abolish taxes
In 1454, the Prussian Confederation renounced its obedience to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and appealed to KingCasimir IV of Poland for the territory’s reintegration into the Kingdom of Poland.[75] This led to theThirteen Years' War between Poland and theState of the Teutonic Order (1454–1466). The local mayor pledged allegiance to the king during the incorporation in March 1454 inKraków,[76] and the city again solemnly pledged allegiance to the king in June 1454 inElbing (Elbląg), recognizing the prior Teutonic annexation and rule as unlawful.[77] The incorporation considerably strengthened Danzig’s position, as the king granted the city extensive privileges on 16 June 1454.[78] In 1455, the king conferred additional rights on the city, including the right to enact its own laws and to impose taxes.[79]
On 15 May 1457, King Casimir IV granted the town theGreat Privilege [pl], after he had been invited by the town's council and had already stayed in town for five weeks.[80] With the Great Privilege, the town was granted fullautonomy and protection by the king of Poland.[81] The privilege removed tariffs and taxes on trade within Poland, Lithuania, and Ruthenia (present dayBelarus andUkraine), and conferred on the town independent jurisdiction, legislation and administration of its territory, as well as the right to mint its own coin, theDanzig thaler.[80] Furthermore, the privilege united the Old Town and Main Town and legalised the demolition of New Town, which had sided with the Teutonic Order.[80] By 1457, New Town was demolished completely and no buildings remained.[62]
Danzig in the 16th century, published byGeorg Braun and Frans Hogenberg
Gaining free and privileged access to Polish markets, the seaport prospered while simultaneously trading with the other Hanseatic cities. After theSecond Peace of Thorn (1466) between Poland and the Teutonic Order, the warfare ended permanently. The Order recognised Danzig’s incorporation into the Kingdom of Poland and the city became part of the autonomous province ofRoyal Prussia (which in 1569 became part of the largerGreater Poland Province). The city was visited byNicolaus Copernicus in 1504 and 1526, andNarratio Prima, the first printed abstract of hisheliocentric theory, was published there in 1540.[82] During theProtestant Reformation, most German-speaking inhabitants adoptedLutheranism.[83] Following the Reformation,High German soon prevailed in Danzig, whereLow German had long served as the administrative language owing to the city’s Hanseatic ties.[84] In 1566, High German also replaced Low German as the language of the courts.[84] After theUnion of Lublin between Poland and Lithuania in 1569, the city continued to enjoy a large degree of internal autonomy (cf.Danzig law).[85] Being the largest and one of the most influential cities of Poland, it enjoyed voting rights during theroyal election period in Poland.[86]
Apotheosis of Gdańsk byIsaak van den Blocke. TheVistula-borne trade of goods in Poland was the main source of prosperity during the city's Golden Age.
In the 1560s and 1570s, a largeMennonite community started growing in the city, gaining significant popularity.[87] In the 1575 election to the Polish throne, Danzig supportedMaximilian II in his struggle againstStephen Báthory. It was the latter who eventually became monarch, but the city, encouraged by the secret support ofDenmark andEmperor Maximilian, shut its gates against Stephen. After theSiege of Danzig, lasting six months, the city's army of 5,000 mercenaries was utterly defeated in a field battle on 16 December 1577. However, since Stephen's armies were unable to take the city by force, a compromise was reached:Stephen Báthory confirmed the city's special status and its Danzig law privileges granted by earlierPolish kings. The city recognised him as ruler of Poland and paid the large sum of 200,000guldens in gold as an apology.[88]
Beside a majority of German-speakers,[92] whose elites sometimes distinguished their German dialect asPomerelian,[93] the city was home to a Polish minority.[94] In 1632, theGdańsk Bible was first published, which was a Polish language translation of holy scriptures that became the Bible of all Evangelical Poles.[95] Polish influence increased slightly with Danzig’s integration into Poland, but the city retained a pronounced German linguistic and cultural character, a circumstance attributable above all to the ongoing influx of predominantly Protestant settlers, primarily ofDutch,Scottish and German origin, who assimilated into the local German culture.[94] The Scots took refuge or migrated to and received citizenship in the city, with first Scots arriving in 1380,[96] and aFrenchHuguenot commune was founded in 1686.[97] Due to the special status of the city and significance within thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the city inhabitants largely became bi-cultural sharing both German and Polish culture and were strongly attached to the traditions of the Commonwealth.[98]
An allegorical portrayal of wealth from 1604. The foreground features affluent citizens and the background presents the hyperbolized city with its landmarks, notably theTorture Tower and theMain City Hall.
The city suffered alast great plague and a slow economic decline due to the wars of the 18th century. After peace was restored in 1721, Danzig experienced steady economic recovery. As a stronghold ofStanisław Leszczyński's supporters during theWar of the Polish Succession, it was taken by theRussians after theSiege of Danzig in 1734. In the 1740s and 1750s Danzig was restored and the Danzig port was again the most significant grain exporting ports in theBaltic region.[99] TheDanzig Research Society, which became defunct in 1936, was founded in 1743.[100]
In 1772, theFirst Partition of Poland took place andPrussia annexed almost all of the former Royal Prussia, which became theProvince of West Prussia. However, Danzig remained a part of Poland as anexclave separated from the rest of the country. ThePrussian king cut off the city with a military controlled barrier, also blocking shipping links to foreign ports, on the pretense that acattle plague may otherwise break out.[101] Danzig declined in its economic significance and lost commercial shares to Elbing, which had come under Prussian control in 1772.[102] However, by the end of the 18th century, Danzig was still one of the most economically integrated cities in Poland. It was well-connected and traded actively with German cities, while other Polish cities became less well-integrated towards the end of the century, mostly due to greater risks for long-distancetrade, given the number ofviolent conflicts along the trade routes.[103]
Danzig was annexed by theKingdom of Prussia in 1793 in theSecond Partition of Poland.[104] The population largely opposed the Prussian annexation and wanted the city to remain part of the Kingdom of Poland.[105] The mayor of the city stepped down from his office due to the annexation.[106] The notable city councilor Johann Uphagen also resigned as a sign of protest against the annexation.[107] An attempted student uprising against Prussia led by Gottfried Benjamin Bartholdi was crushed quickly by the authorities in 1797.[108][109][110]
The combined Russian and Prussian forcesbesieged Danzig from January 1813 to January 1814.
Danzig’s integration into the Prussian kingdom soon fostered its economic revival. The city regained its significance as a Baltic port, though trade patterns shifted increasingly towards theBritish market.[111] It also benefited from its integration into the Prussian customs territory, which had been expanded considerably since the Second Partition of Poland,[111] and new postal links toBerlin,Königsberg, andWarsaw, which facilitated communication.[112]
Beginning in the 1820s, theWisłoujście Fortress served as a prison, mainly for Polish political prisoners, includingresistance members, protesters, insurgents of theNovember andJanuary uprisings and refugees from theRussian Partition of Poland fleeing conscription into the Russian Army,[114] and insurgents of the November Uprising were also imprisoned inBiskupia Górka (Bischofsberg).[115] From May to June 1832 and in November 1833, more than 1,000 Polish insurgents departed partitioned Poland through the city's port, boarding ships bound for France, the United Kingdom and the United States (seeGreat Emigration).[116][117] The population in 1843 was 62,000 inhabitants.[118]
An early photograph ofLanggasse, present-dayDługa Street, 1855
The city's longest serving mayor was Robert von Blumenthal, who held office from 1841, through therevolutions of 1848, until 1863. In the second half of the 19th century, Danzig experienced railway construction, port expansion, and the growth of industries such as shipbuilding, timber processing, and food production.[119] Nevertheless, its industrial development lagged behind that of other major Prussian cities.[119] In 1871, Danzig became the first city inContinental Europe to establish a sewer system with wastewater treatment, resulting in a significant improvement in public health.[120]
With theunification of Germany under Prussianhegemony in 1871, the city became part of theGerman Empire and remained so until 1919, after Germany's defeat inWorld War I.[104] Starting from the 1850s, long-established Danzig families often felt marginalized by the new town elite originating from mainland Germany. This situation caused the Polish to allege that the Danzig people were oppressed by German rule and for this reason allegedly failed to articulate their natural desire for strong ties with Poland.[121]
An aerial view of the historic city centre around 1920
When Poland regained its independence afterWorld War I with access to the sea as promised by theAllies on the basis ofWoodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points", the Poles hoped the city's harbour would also become part of Poland.[122] However, in the end – since Germans formed a majority in the city, with Poles being a minority[123] – the city was not placed under Polish sovereignty.
Instead, in accordance with the terms of theTreaty of Versailles, it became theFree City of Danzig, an independent state under the auspices of theLeague of Nations with its external affairs largely under Polish control.[124] Poland's rights also included free use of the harbour, a Polish post office, a Polish garrison in Westerplatte district, and a customs union with Poland.[124] The Free City had its own constitution,national anthem,parliament, and government. It issued its own stamps and currency, the latter being called theDanzig gulden.[122]
With the growth ofNazism among Germans,anti-Polish sentiment became far more common among local Germans; public Polish-language schools were heavily restricted,[124] causing its Polish inhabitants to found their own private schools.[125] In the 1930s, the local branch of theNazi Party underAlbert Forster, aSchutzstaffel member, capitalized on the sentiments of the city's German population to win the next elections to the city's legislature, triggering a wave of repression.[125] The Danzig city government implemented various discriminatory policies against Poles, including expelling Polish students from the technical university,[126] forcibly Germanizing dozens of Polish surnames,[126] removing landmarks that reminded of Polish rule such as theArtus Court[127] andNeptune's Fountain from the heritage list, prohibiting employment of Poles by German companies, and banning the use of Polish in public places.[128]
Crowds greetAdolf Hitler as he rides in an open car in Danzig in September 1939.
Attacks and discrimination also came from the citizens of Danzig themselves, who often attacked Polish schools and the youth that attended them[125] and were disallowed from entering various businesses owned by Germans.[128] Polish railwaymen were also subjects of beatings.[129] Many ethnic Poles were tracked by theGestapo and, inOperation Tannenberg, arrested and moved to camps such asStutthof[130] or executed in thePiaśnica forest.[131]
Nazi Germany officially demanded the return of Danzig to Germany along with a German-controlled highway through the area of thePolish Corridor, pursuing a far more aggressive policy in this matter than it had regarding theSudetenland withCzechoslovakia in 1938.[132] With Poland's refusal, German–Polish relations deteriorated, ultimately concluding with the beginning of theinvasion of Poland on 1 September 1939.[133] Some of the earliest combat ofWorld War II occurred in Danzig. At 04:45 a.m. on 1 September, theBattle of Westerplatte began with theSMS Schleswig-Holstein firing the war's first shots on a Polish military depot there, whilst a small group of mendefended the Polish post office in the city for several hours. The defenders were later executed.[133]
Within one year of a 1937pogrom, more than half ofthe city's Jewish community had left,[134] and organized emigration of Jews away from Danzig began after theKristallnacht riots in 1938.[135] In 1939, regular transports toMandatory Palestine began. The numbers of the local Jewish community quickly thinned, with only 600 Jews remaining in Danzig by 1941.[134][136][137] Many of the Jews who remained were transported to the small, single-buildingDanzig Ghetto.[138]
In line with the decisions made by the Allies at theYalta andPotsdam conferences, the city became again part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until the fall of communism in Poland in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The remaining German residents of the city who had survived the warfled or were expelled to postwar Germany. The city was repopulated by ethnicPoles; up to 18% of them had beendeported by the Soviets intwo major waves from pre-war easternPolish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.[149]
Parts of the historic old city of Gdańsk, which had suffered large-scale destruction during the war, were rebuilt during the 1950s and 1960s. The reconstruction sought to dilute the "German character" of the city, and set it back to how it supposedly looked like before the annexation to Prussia in 1793.[150][151][152] Nineteenth-century transformations were ignored as "ideologically malignant" by post-war administrations, or regarded as "Prussian barbarism" worthy of demolition,[153][154] while Flemish/Dutch, Italian and French influences were emphasized in order to "neutralize" the German influx on the general outlook of the city.[155]
Boosted by heavy investment in the development of its port and shipyards fuelled by Soviet ambitions in theBaltic region, Gdańsk became the major shipping and industrial centre of thePeople's Republic of Poland. In December 1970, Gdańsk was the location ofanti-regime demonstrations, which led to the downfall of Poland's communist leaderWładysław Gomułka. During the demonstrations in Gdańsk and Gdynia, military and police forces opened fire on the demonstrators, causing several dozen deaths. Ten years later, in August 1980,Gdańsk Shipyard was the birthplace of theSolidarity trade union and political movement.[156]
In September 1981, to deter Solidarity, Soviet Union launchedExercise Zapad-81, the largest military exercise in history, during which amphibious landings were conducted near Gdańsk. Around the same time, Solidarity's first national congress was hosted in theHala Olivia, located in Gdańsk. Its opposition to the Communist regime led to the end of communist rule in 1989, and sparked a series of protests that overthrew the communist regimes of the formerEastern Bloc.[157]
In January 2019, the Mayor of Gdańsk,Paweł Adamowicz, wasassassinated by a man who had just been released from prison for violent crimes. After stabbing the mayor in the abdomen near the heart, the man claimed that the mayor's political party had been responsible for imprisoning him. Though Adamowicz underwent a multi-hour surgery, he died the next day.[163][164]
In October 2019, the city of Gdańsk was awarded thePrincess of Asturias Award in the Concord category as a recognition of the fact that "the past and present in Gdańsk are sensitive to solidarity, the defense of freedom and human rights, as well as to the preservation of peace".[165] In a 2023 Report on the Quality of Life in European Cities compiled by theEuropean Commission, Gdańsk was named as the fourth best city to live in Europe alongsideLeipzig,Stockholm andGeneva.[166]
Gdańsk is divided into two main parts, known as theGórny Taras andDolny Taras in Polish; the low-lyingDolny Taras (Lower Terrace) is found on the Baltic coast, covering parts of theVistula Fens, whereas theGórny Taras (Upper Terrace) is characterized by uneven highlands and is part of theKashubian Lake District. The city is also found at the mouth of theMotława and Vistula rivers, which has significantly influenced its geography and shaped its economy.[167]
Gdańsk has a climate with both oceanic and continental influences. According to some categorizations, it has anoceanic climate (Cfb), while others classify it as belonging to thehumid continental climate (Dfb).[168] It actually depends on whether the mean reference temperature for the coldest winter month is set at −3 °C (27 °F) or 0 °C (32 °F). Gdańsk's dry winters and the precipitation maximum in summer are indicators of continentality. However seasonal extremes are less pronounced than those in inland Poland.[169]
The city has moderately cold and cloudy winters, with mean temperatures in January and February near or below 0 °C (32 °F) and mild summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms. Average temperatures range from −1.0 to 17.2 °C (30 to 63 °F) and average monthly rainfall varies 17.9 to 66.7 mm (1 to 3 in) per month with a rather low annual total of 507.3 mm (20 in). In general, the weather is damp, variable, and mild.[169]
The seasons are clearly differentiated. Spring starts in March and is initially cold and windy, later becoming pleasantly warm and often increasingly sunny. Summer, which begins in June, is predominantly warm but hot at times with temperature reaching as high as 30 to 35 °C (86 to 95 °F) at least couple times a year with plenty of sunshine interspersed with heavy rain. Gdańsk averages 1,700 hours of sunshine per year. July and August are the warmest months. Autumn comes in September and is at first warm and usually sunny, turning cold, damp, and foggy in November. Winter lasts from December to March and includes periods of snow. January and February are the coldest months with the temperature sometimes dropping as low as −15 °C (5 °F).[169]
The industrial sections of the city are dominated by shipbuilding, petrochemical, and chemical industries, as well as food processing. The share of high-tech sectors such as electronics, telecommunications, IT engineering, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals is on the rise.Amber processing is also an important part of the local economy, as the majority of the world's amber deposits lie along theBaltic coast.[181]
Major companies based in Gdańsk include the multinational clothing companyLPP,[182] the energy companyEnerga,[183] the shipyardRemontowa,[184] theGdańsk Shipyard, andZiaja.[185] The city also served as a major base forGrupa Lotos, with theGdańsk Refinery being the second-largest in Poland, with a capacity of 210,000 bbl/d (33,000 m3/d).[186][181] Gdańsk also hosts the biennial BALTEXPO International Maritime Fair and Conference, the largest fair dedicated to themaritime industry in Poland.[187][188]
The largest shopping centre located in the city isForum Gdańsk,[189] which covers a large plot in the city centre.[190] In 2021, the registered unemployment rate in the city was estimated at 3.6%.[191]
The city has many reconstructed buildings originally built in the time of the Hanseatic League, most of which are located in theMain City[192] and specifically along or nearUlica Długa andDługi Targ, a pedestrian thoroughfare surrounded by reconstructed historical buildings and flanked at both ends by elaboratecity gates; this is sometimes referred to as theRoyal Route, since it was once the path of processions for visiting Kings of Poland.[193]
TheNational Museum includes the Department of Historical Art inStare Przedmieście, the Department of Modern Art and the nearby Department of Ethnography in Oliwa, and the NOMUS modern art gallery and the Gdańsk Gallery of Photography inStare Miasto. It also has departments inKościerzyna andWaplewo Wielkie, those being the Museum of the National Anthem and Museum of Noble Tradition respectively.[210]
Between 2011 and 2015, the rail route between Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Warsaw underwent a major upgrade, resulting in improvements in the railway's speed and to critical infrastructure such as signalling systems, as well as the construction of thePomeranian Metropolitan Railway, a major commuter railway project, which was opened in 2015.[227][228][229]
Gdańsk bus station is the city's principal bus terminal.[230] Citybuses andtrams are operated by ZTM Gdańsk (Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Gdańsku).[231] ThePort of Gdańsk is a seaport located on the southern coast ofGdańsk Bay, located within the city,[232] and theObwodnica Trójmiejska andA1 autostrada allow for automotive access to the city.[233] Additionally, Gdańsk is part of theRail-2-Sea project. This project's objective is to connect the city with the RomanianBlack Sea port ofConstanța with a 3,663 km (2,276 mi) long railway line passing through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.[234][235]
Contemporary Gdańsk is one of the major centres of economic and administrative life in Poland. It has been the seat of a Polish central institution, thePolish Space Agency,[250] several supra-regional branches of further central institutions,[251] as well as the supra-regional (appellate-level) institutions of justice.[252] As the capital of thePomeranian Voivodeship it has been the seat of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Office, the Sejmik, and the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and other voivodeship-level institutions.[253]
Legislative power in Gdańsk is vested in a unicameralGdańsk City Council (Rada Miasta), which comprises 34 members. Council members are elected directly every four years. Like most legislative bodies, the City Council divides itself into committees, which have the oversight of various functions of the city government.[254]
Gdańsk is divided into 36 districts (dzielnice), most of which are also subdivided intoosiedla. A full list can be found atDistricts of Gdańsk, but the largest by population includeŚródmieście,Przymorze Wielkie,Chełm,Wrzeszcz Dolny, andWrzeszcz Górny.[255] Śródmieście encompasses most of the city as it was in 1813. The city's boundaries were first expanded beyond the borders of Śródmieście in 1814, and various districts were gradually incorporated into it (with larger expansions including the annexation ofOliwa in 1926 andSuchanino in 1902). Many of the city's current suburban districts, such asJasień,Ujeścisko-Łostowice,Matarnia, andOsowa, were incorporated into it in a 1973 expansion.[256]
There are four consulates general in Gdańsk – China, Germany, Hungary, Russia, one consulate – Ukraine, and 17 honorary consulates – Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania,[Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Peru, Seychelles, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Uruguay.[261]
On 3 March 2022, Gdańsk City Council passed a unanimous resolution to terminate the cooperation with the Russian cities of Kaliningrad and Saint Petersburg as a response to theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[263][264]
Around 1600, the city’s population was composed of over 90% Germans and adherents ofProtestantism.[271] Around 1700, more than 80% of the inhabitants were Protestants, followed byCatholics with about 10% and a smaller but significant group ofCalvinists, while German remained the dominant language.[272] By 1816, the proportion of Catholics had risen to 23.6%, whereas Protestants accounted for 70% of the population.[273] In 1890, according toStefan Ramułt there were 92.28% Germans, 0.94% Poles, 4.50% Kashubians, 2.11% Jews and 0.17% others.[274] In the 1920 election, 6.5% of the inhabitants voted for the Polish Party while the 1923 census conducted in theFree City of Danzig indicated that of all inhabitants in the city proper, 95% were German-speaking and 3.5% spoke Polish and Kashubian.[275] In 1929, Poles and Kashubians accounted for 11% of Danzig‘s total population (23,120 people out of 215,464).[275] The end ofWorld War II is a significant break in continuity with regard to the inhabitants of Gdańsk.[276]
German citizens began to flee en masse as the SovietRed Army advanced, composed of both spontaneous flights driven by rumors ofSoviet atrocities, and organised evacuation starting in the summer of 1944 which continued into the spring of 1945.[277] Approximately 1% (100,000) of the German civilian population residing east of theOder–Neisse line perished in the fighting prior to the surrender in May 1945.[278] German civilians were also sent as "reparations labour" to theSoviet Union.[279][280]
Poles from other parts of Poland replaced the former German-speaking population, with the first settlers arriving in March 1945.[281] On 30 March 1945, theGdańsk Voivodeship was established as the first administrative Polish unit in theRecovered Territories.[282] As of 1 November 1945, around 93,029 Germans remained within the city limits.[283] Ethnically German population was then expelled to Germany, while these of the locals who declared Polish nationality and were ethnically verified as Poles were permitted to remain; according to the census of 1950 out of 194,633 inhabitants of Gdańsk 12% (23,442) were pre-war autochthons of theRegained Lands, including 22,213 from the city of Gdańsk itself, 828 from neighbouring areas of the Free City and 401 from elsewhere.[284]
The settlers can be grouped according to their background:
Poles incl.Kashubians relocating from nearby villages and small towns[287]
Settlers from central Poland migrating voluntarily[285]
Non-Poles forcibly resettled duringOperation Vistula in 1947. Large numbers of Ukrainians were forced to move from south-eastern Poland under a 1947 Polish government operation aimed at dispersing, and therefore assimilating, those Ukrainians who had not been expelled eastward already, throughout the newly acquired territories. Belarusians living around the area around Białystok were also pressured into relocating to the formerly German areas for the same reasons. This scattering of members of non-Polish ethnic groups throughout the country was an attempt by the Polish authorities to dissolve the unique ethnic identity of groups like the Ukrainians, Belarusians, andLemkos, and broke the proximity and communication necessary for strong communities to form.[288]
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