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	Free City of Danzig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Free City of Dantzic, sometimes referred to as the Republic of Danzig, was a semi-independent state established by Napoleon on September 9, 1807, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
		The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was an autonomous city-state established on January 10, 1920.
		The Free City had a population of 357,000 [1919], most of whom (about 90%) were German-speakers, with the rest mainly speaking either Kashubian or Polish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig (764 words)

	October 19 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gdansk Pomerania and Prussia as a whole are incorporated into Poland; the Teutonic Knights are allowed to rule its eastern part as Polish vassals.
		1822 - In Parnaíba city; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva, Domingos Dias declares the Independence of State of Piauí.
		All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/October_19 (1428 words)

	AllRefer.com - Gdansk, Poland (Polish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The port cities of Gdansk and Gdynia and the nearby resort of Sopot are administered as a single city.
		In 1576, Gdansk withstood a siege by Stephen BAthory and thus preserved its established privileges against domination by the Polish crown.
		Gdansk was annexed to Germany from Sept. 1, 1939, until its fall to the Soviet army early in 1945.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Gdans.html (584 words)

	GDANSK
		The capital of Poland's "Pomorze" province, the city of Gdansk is located at the mouth of the Vistula River on the Baltic Sea.
		Gdansk is part of the Trojmiasto, or Three-City, urban area, made up of the towns of Gdansk, Gdynia, and Sopot.
		In 1772 Gdansk was seized by Prussia, and in 1793 it became part of that country.
	www.gdansk.com (511 words)

	Gdańsk
		By decision of the Treaty of Versailles Gdansk is proclaimed a Free City.
		The commitment of Gdansk in defending the rights to the Polish throne for the king Stanislaw Leszczynski ended in the towns siege of the Russian-Saxon army in 1734 which led to the towns capitulation and a large contribution being levied by the victors.
		The development of the Gdansk harbour and shipyard were additionally strongly hampered by the regions of building limitations connected with the fortress and including areas along the both banks of the Vistula down to its mouth.
	sabaoth.infoserve.pl /danzig-online/hge.html (2391 words)

	Krzysztof M Dudek Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1148, the Gdansk Castle was built, in which the delegates of the Kingdom of Poland had their house.
		Until XVII century, Gdansk was the richest city at the Baltic Sea and the largest port.
		Gdansk is located some 400 kilometres north of Warsaw, at the Baltic Sea and with Gdynia and Sopot, it creates the Three City (Trojmiasto).
	homepage.mac.com /krisek/gdansk_en.html (351 words)

	Gdansk History
		Gdansk, for its loyalty was recompensated with privileges which gave it independence as it could become a free city - Gdansk.
		In the XVI century, Gdansk was told as about the Granary of Europe because of the amount of crops which was traded in the port.
		Then was as a free city of Gdansk under the protection of France.
	www.experiencepoland.com /gdanskhistory.html (371 words)

	Pollox.com - Gdansk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The city was formerly the administrative center of the free city of Danzig, an area controlled by the League of Nations.
		The historical origins of the city are obscure, but it is known that the town existed as early as 970.
		In 1793, with the partition of Poland, the city became a possession of Prussia.
	www.pollox.com /Poland/gdansk.htm (605 words)

	Polish National Tourist Office
		In the 17th century, it was one of the few Polish cities to withstand the Swedish invasion.
		The city was nearly leveled during the war and meticulously rebuilt for the next twenty years.
		Westerplatte obelisk just outside the city, where the World War II began, and the Monument of Murdered Shipyard Workers, dedicated to the workers who died during anti-Communist demonstrations, are mementoes of the city's modern history.
	www.polandtour.org /regionsandcities/cityguide/gdansk.html (468 words)

	Discover Gdansk, Free Again and Polish \| Frommers.com
		Formerly known as Danzig, a free city for many years, Gdansk is a moving tribute to human resilience and the spirit of freedom.
		Gdansk was returned to Poland in the postwar settlement of 1945.
		It's The Crane, a symbol of Gdansk, dating to the Middle Ages when it was the largest port crane in Europe and served as a city gate.
	www.frommers.com /rss/articles/3686.html (1397 words)

	Gdansk Poland - In Your Pocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gdansk In Your Pocket is the most comprehensive guide you will find covering the city, and includes everything from hotel and restaurant listings to bars, clubs and museums.
		This is a city with a particularly enticing storyline: through the course of history it has gone under five names, been passed between four countries and seen the naughty end of both fascism and communism.
		Indeed the city’s skyline is defined by the imposing Narva and Ivangorod castles, which face one another across this historic river border, creating an unforgettable image of the frontier between East and West.
	www.inyourpocket.com /poland/gdansk/en/category?chid= (15766 words)

	Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Archive acquired the records of Pomeranian towns, records of the City of Gdańsk, the collection of the documents of Pomeranian princes as well as many precious holdings from the area in the delta of the Vistula River.
		Before the Free City of Gdańsk was established many precious holdings were taken away to Berlin, some of which have never returned to Gdańsk.
		In August 1945 Marcin Dragan, former Polish language teacher of the Polish High School in the Free City of Gdańsk and the Deputy of the General Commissioner of Poland in Gdańsk returned to Gdańsk.
	www.ap.gdansk.pl /english/historia/historia.php (1147 words)

	Gdańsk.pl
		The gate was designed to provide residence for monarchs during their visits to the city.
		The street is one of historic Gdansk gems.
		After the First World War and the establishment of the Free City of Gdańsk between 1918-1939, the bulding was the main office of the High Commissioners of the League of Nations for the Free city of Gdańsk.
	www.gdansk.pl /en/article.php?category=454&article=937&history= (1566 words)

	Notgeld - Freistaat Danzig / Gdansk - German historical Banknotes
		Under the control of the Knights, the city flourished, German influence increased, and the city began to be referred to by variations of "Gdansk", ultimately developing into the Modern Era German name "Danzig".
		When Poland regained its independence after World War Ithe city was not placed under Polish sovereignty, but became the Free City of Danzig, an independent quasi-state under the auspices of the League of Nations, governed by its predominantly German residents but with its external affairs largely under Polish control.
		The Free City issued its own stamps and currency, bearing the legend "Freie Stadt Danzig" and symbols of the city's maritime orientation and history.
	www.germannotes.com /notgeld/notgeld_danzig.shtml (453 words)

	Travel Gdansk
		On the Gdansk Bay there is the largest Polish harbour city, a capital of the present Pomerania (Pomorze) region - the city of Gdansk.
		The city called - Danzig is a place of birth of a famous people like the astronom Jan Hevelke-Hevelius, writer - Gunter Grass - a Nobel prizewinner, the scientist Gabriel Fahrenheit and also the legendary leader of "Solidarnosc" - Lech Walesa.
		In this city has been created a working-movement that changed the end of the XX c.
	www.experiencepoland.com /gdansk.html (189 words)

	Ottawa Life Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1919, under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the city was established as the administrative center of the free city of Danzig, a territory 1,953 square kilometers (or 754 square miles) in area, under the control of the League of Nations.
		After the war, Gdansk was awarded to Poland and by 1970, had become the center for protest against the country's Communist government.
		Through the years of the Cold War, Gdansk always managed to retain its character as a “free city.” With its rich history, narrow, winding streets and gabled houses with open-air balconies of carved stone, Gdansk is regaining its reputation as one of Europe’s most magnificent destinations.
	www.ottawalife.com /article.asp?articleid=40 (1206 words)

	Gdansk (Poland)
		Gdañsk (see: Free City of Danzig, 1919-1939) Danzig is German name and Gdañsk is Polish name, so Poles using name Gdañsk and Germans even today use Danzig.
		The accual Coat of Arms of the city, or rather two Coats of Arms are attached to this e-mail.
		The workers of the City Hall of Gdansk and the Council-men of Gdansk;
	flagspot.net /flags/pl-gdans.html (405 words)

	Gdansk, Poland - my city (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gdansk is also important scientific center - university and five other schools of the same range are seated in the city.
		Regained in 1454, it was seized by Prussia in the second partition of Poland (1793).
		After the Congress of Vienna it was again taken by Prussia, in the years 1919-1939 again free city, liberated in 1945 in battles that resulted in great destruction.
	www.kontynenty.tpi.pl /s3engdan.htm (335 words)

	Gdansk - Sightseeing - World War II Poland - Polish Post Building - In Your ...
		At just after 04:45 local time on September 1, 1939, as the Germans launched their attack on Westerplatte and WWII officially began, another ferocious assault was just beginning at the small post office in the city's then-called Hevelius Square.
		A wonderful and truly heroic story of David and Goliath proportions, what all accounts of the story fail to tell is just what a bunch of harmless postmen were doing armed to the teeth, and why two elite Nazi units were attacking them.
		It's common knowledge that the Polish Post Office in the Free City of Gdansk employed a number of agents from Warsaw and were smuggling intelligence in and out of the city in cahoots with the Polish railways.
	www.inyourpocket.com /poland/gdansk/en/venue?id=POGDENX0198 (332 words)

	Gdynia \| Gdansk Life
		The city can boast one of the country's top film festivals (often dubbed the 'Polish Cannes') as well as a lively Summer Jazz festival.
		The decision by the Allies to make nearby Danzig (Gdansk) a free city, had complicated matters, and the Poles were obliged to build afresh.
		Although the ports themselves were destroyed (they were carefully rebuilt afterwards), Gdynia survived the war, and like Gdansk, many new settlers came here from the lost eastern cities of Vilnius and Lwow.
	www.gdansk-life.com /guide/Gdynia/tour.php (355 words)

	News From Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gdansk has had a tumultuous history, with citizens from Germany, Poland and other countries contributing in the past to its cosmopolitan flair.
		The city was almost leveled during WWII and meticulously rebuilt for the next twenty years.
		Although the official opening of the Gdansk Millennium is on April 18, the city starts celebrating in January with theater performances, a series of classical music concerts and the MOTOEXPO international yacht fair.
	www.polishworld.com /polemb/news/197/gdansk.htm (477 words)

	Gdansk Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Neptune Fountain is the oldest monument in Gdansk.
		The New City Hall was built between 1898 and 1901 for general command of Prussian garrison in Gdansk.
		After 1-st world war and the establishment of the Free City of Gdansk between 1918-1939 bulding was main office of the High Commissioners of the League of Nations for the Free city of Gdañsk.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Poland/Wojewodztwo_Pomorskie/Gdansk-498698/Things_To_Do-Gdansk-R-17.html (805 words)

	Poland History
		During this period, the city of Cracow became increasingly important, and possession of that city was deemed necessary for assuming rule over the whole country.
		In the outcome, the Eastern Pomerania with the city of Gdansk were returned to Poland.
		Throughout the campaign, not one major fortress city in Russian-occupied Poland was captured and, while the occupying armies numbering in the hundreds of thousands were harried, they were never driven out of the country.
	www.snookems.com /poland/phistory.htm (8510 words)

	History of the city of Hel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1626, Swedish admiral Karon Carlsson, having occupied Puck and Hel, obliged those cities to swear an oath of obedience to the king, Gustavus Augustus.
		When the demand was refused, the Swedes plundered the city and set fire to many buildings.
		It did not last for long, owing to the campaign of Napoleon I, resulting in Hel becoming a part of the Free City of Gdansk.
	republika.pl /tale/hel/histor_e.htm (678 words)

	History of Gdynia - Travel to Poland - Hotel Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The area of the later city of Gdynia shared its history with Eastern Pomerania; in prehistoric times it was the center of Oksywian culture; it was later populated by Goths and eventually Slavs with some Baltic Prussian influence.
		The city and seaport were occupied in September 1939 and renamed Gotenhafen after the Goths (even though the previous German name was Gdingen, which had no connection to the Goths).
		The city was also the location for the Nazi concentration camp Gotenhafen, a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp.
	www.hotelpoland.com /travel/gdynia_history.html (936 words)

	Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku State Archives in Gdansk - Holdings
		The holdings of the State Archive in Gdańsk include valuable information for researchers of the history of Pomerania as well as of economic, social and political relations between Baltic states and cities, Poland and Europe, covering the period between the 12th century and the present.
		The collection also contains Prussian administration documentation of Pomerania, holdings of the Senate of the Free City of Gdańsk, General Commissioner of Poland in Gdańsk as well as post-World War II holdings, such as the holdings of the Voivodeship of Gdańsk and of the Voivodeship Committee of the Polish United Workers Party in Gdańsk.
		In the beginning of the year 2005 the archives held by the State Archive in Gdańsk (together with Division in Gdynia) reached a total of 11 028 linear metres of archival records, 962 713 archival units and 3 377 collections, becoming one of the largest and most precious holdings in Poland.
	www.gdansk.ap.gov.pl /english/zbiory/zbiory.php (403 words)

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