Free City of Danzig

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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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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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Danzig harbor locatedIn Free City of Danzig
Danzig harbor countryDuringInterwarPeriod Free City of Danzig
Danzig harbor countryBeforeWorldWarII Free City of Danzig
Zoppot hasHistoricalAffiliation Free City of Danzig
Hermann von der Hellen countryOfCitizenship Free City of Danzig
Hermann von der Hellen workLocation Free City of Danzig
Heinrich Rickert placeOfBirth Free City of Danzig