Stare Miasto | |
|---|---|
Quarter (dzielnica) | |
 Skyline of the Old Town | |
 Location of Stare Miasto within Śródmieście, Gdańsk | |
| Coordinates:54°21′14″N18°38′55″E / 54.3539°N 18.6486°E /54.3539; 18.6486 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| City | Gdańsk |
| District | Śródmieście |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GD |
| Designated | 1994-09-08 |
| Part of | Gdańsk – city within the 17th-century fortifications |
| Reference no. | M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 415[1] |
TheOld Town (Polish:Stare Miasto;German:Altstadt) is a quarter (osiedle) ofŚródmieście, a district ofGdańsk. It is the oldest area of the city to be granted city rights or privileges.
The Old Town was the location of a small fortified settlement by 970 and 980, and it comprised the majority and central section of the city of Gdańsk for much of its early history.[2] In 1308, it was destroyed and burnt amidst theGdańsk massacre, carried out by theTeutonic Order, slowly recovering, mostly as a suburb to the nearbyMain City, which became the more important location in Gdańsk after 1308.[3]
As of 1495, 3,655 people lived in the Old Town, which had increased to 31,250 by 1880 and 37,586 by 1917. The area was impoverished, and it suffered from significant destruction during thesiege of Danzig in 1945. Some historical buildings, such as theGreat Mill, were restored. Several commercial buildings, mostly shops andshopping malls, have been built in the Old Town since the 1980s.[3]
Notable sights in the Old Town include the historicOld Town Hall in Gdańsk [pl], completed in the 16th century,[4] the 14th-centuryGreat Mill,[5] the preserved medievalHome of the Pelpin Abbots [pl],[6] thePolish Post Office, famouslydefended on 1 September 1939, as well as its museum,[7] the early-20th-centuryGdańsk Główny railway station,[8] theManneristPreachers' House,[9] the tallMonument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970,[10] theequestrianKing John III Sobieski Monument,[11] and theRadunia Canal, a 14th-century canal connecting two rivers, theRadunia andMotława.[12]
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