Korytarz polski
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Korytarz polski was the Polish name for the narrow strip of territory that granted interwar Poland access to the Baltic Sea while separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical region
ⓘ
political term ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Treaty of Versailles border decisions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Polish Corridor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polnischer Korridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Baltic Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Free City of Danzig NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalCityNearby | Gdańsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedBy | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Second Polish Republic ⓘ |
| createdBy | Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographics | ethnically mixed Polish and German population ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 1939 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| geopoliticalRole | land bridge between mainland Poland and the Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOf | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedRegion | Pomerelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Polish Corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalConflict | German–Polish border disputes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | part of sovereign Polish territory ⓘ |
| predecessor | German Empire territory in West Prussia ⓘ |
| providedAccessTo | Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForCreation | to give Poland access to the sea after World War I ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
German invasion of Poland in 1939
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German–Polish tensions in the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ World War I settlement ⓘ |
| separated | East Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | rest of Germany ⓘ |
| significance |
provided Poland with a seaport and maritime access
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was a major source of tension between Germany and Poland ⓘ |
| startTime |
1919
ⓘ
1920 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of access to the port of Gdynia
ⓘ
control of land routes between Germany and East Prussia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| topicOf | German revisionist propaganda in the interwar period ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German historiography
ⓘ
Polish historiography ⓘ |
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