Free City of Danzig

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city-state under League of Nations protection former political entity semi-autonomous city-state

The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Free City of Danzig authorities 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city-state under League of Nations protection ⓘ
former political entity ⓘ
semi-autonomous city-state ⓘ
administrativeStatus customs union with Poland ⓘ
annexedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
borderedBy Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
capital Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig
casusBelliFor Invasion of Poland ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of Poland in 1939
contestedBy Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
conventionalLongName Free City of Danzig self-link ⓘ
createdBy Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
currency Danzig gulden ⓘ
dissolved 1939 ⓘ
endDate 1 September 1939 ⓘ
established 1920 ⓘ
ethnicMajority Germans ⓘ
foreignRelationsRepresentedBy Poland ⓘ
governingBody Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
hadAccessTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
hadMinorityTreatyWith League of Nations ⓘ
hadOwnCoatOfArms yes ⓘ
hadOwnFlag yes ⓘ
hadOwnStamps yes ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
historicalEra Interwar period ⓘ
legislature Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
surface form: Volkstag
locatedInPresentDay Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Gdańsk, Poland

Pomeranian Voivodeship ⓘ
surface form: Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
modernLocationCity Gdańsk ⓘ
modernLocationCountry Poland ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
officialName Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Freie Stadt Danzig
portFacilitiesControlledBy Poland ⓘ
postalSystem Danzig postal service ⓘ
predecessor German Empire ⓘ
Province of West Prussia ⓘ
region Baltic Sea ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Sea region
relatedEvent World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig
shortName Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig
significantMinority Poles ⓘ
sovereigntyRecognizedBy League of Nations ⓘ
startDate 15 November 1920 ⓘ
successor Nazi Germany ⓘ
Third Polish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Poland
underProtectionOf League of Nations ⓘ
usedLanguage Polish ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Free City of Danzig authorities
Second Polish Republic → borderedBy → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Free City of Danzig → conventionalLongName → Free City of Danzig self-link ⓘ
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig → country → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Danzig gulden → countryOrRegionOfUse → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Gdynia → foundedAsPortToReplace → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
German attack on Westerplatte → hasLocation → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Danzig gulden → legalTenderIn → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Arthur Schopenhauer → placeOfBirth → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Günter Grass → placeOfBirth → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Heinz Ewald → placeOfBirth → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Province of West Prussia → succeededBy → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
West Prussia → successor → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Danzig gulden → usedIn → Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Gdańsk → wasPartOf → Free City of Danzig ⓘ