Gdańsk

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Gdańsk is a major Polish port city on the Baltic Sea, known for its rich Hanseatic history, shipyards, and role in the origins of the Solidarity movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
port city
areaCode +48 58
associatedWithOrganization Solidarity movement
surface form: Solidarity trade union
associatedWithPerson Lech Wałęsa
capitalOf Pomeranian Voivodeship
climate oceanic climate
contains European Solidarity Centre
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
Gdańsk Main Town Hall
Gdańsk Shipyard
Gdańsk University of Technology
Long Market
Neptune Fountain
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk
University of Gdańsk
Westerplatte Peninsula
country Poland
foundedInCentury 10th century
grantedTownRightsInYear 1263
hasAirport Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
hasLandmark Artus Court
Crane over the Motława
Golden Gate
Green Gate
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970
hasRiver Motława
Vistula River
surface form: Vistula
historicalName Gdańsk self-linksurface differs
surface form: Danzig

Gyddanyzc
historicalRegion Pomerania
hostedEvent shipyard strikes of 1980
isPartOf Gdańsk self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gdańsk metropolitan area

Gdynia
surface form: Tricity
knownFor Gdańsk Shipyard
Hanseatic history
Solidarity movement
German attack on Westerplatte
surface form: Westerplatte

amber trade
historic Old Town
port activities
shipbuilding industry
language Polish
locatedIn Pomeranian Voivodeship
northern Poland
locatedOn Baltic Sea
mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz
memberOf Hanseatic League (historical)
surface form: Hanseatic League
nearbyCity Gdynia
Sopot
partOf Euroregion Baltic
populationAsOf2021 about 470000
postalCodeRange 80-001 to 80-980
roleIn fall of communism in Poland
origins of the Solidarity movement
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
twinCity Barcelona
Bremen
Cleveland
Kaliningrad Oblast
surface form: Kaliningrad

Marseille
Odesa
surface form: Odessa

Rotterdam
Sheffield
Turku
Vilnius
vehicleRegistrationCode GD
wasHeavilyDamagedIn World War II
wasPartOf Free City of Danzig
German Empire
Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Prussia

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Vistula basin containsCity Gdańsk
47th Army (Soviet Union) notableObjective Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig (Gdańsk)
Siege of Danzig (1734) place Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig
Siege of Danzig (1734) modernLocation Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Gdańsk, Poland
Zoppot locatedBetween Gdańsk
Zoppot hasNearbyCity Gdańsk
Sopot Pier near Gdańsk
Forest Opera nearbyCity Gdańsk
Tricity ring road servesCity Gdańsk
Tricity ring road encircles Gdańsk
Deventer twinTown Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Gdansk
Middle Low Saxon notableCenter Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig
Tricity Derby cityRegion Gdańsk
Gdańsk Old Town locatedIn Gdańsk
Hans Vredeman de Vries workedIn Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig
Hermann von der Hellen workLocation Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig
Port of Gdynia locatedNear Gdańsk
Russian cruiser Novik constructionSite Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig
Prussian Eastern Provinces capital Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig (for West Prussia, until 1920)
Heinrich Rickert placeOfBirth Gdańsk
this entity surface form: Danzig