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  Station Information - Gdansk
Before Gdansk was established the vicinity was inhabited by the populations belonging to the various archealogical cultures of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
Gdansk was surrounded by the Prussian territories until 1793, when it was incorporated into the Prussian kingdom as part of the province of West Prussia, reverting under Napoleon Buonaparte to direct Prussian rule after a second brief period (1807-14) as a free city.
A list of the 173 mayors of the City of Gdansk from 1347 to March 1945 was compiled by the current Gdansk city government and can be found on their recent website with the invitation for a reunion meeting of Gdansk at the "First World Gdańsk Reunion", which took place in May 2002.
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 History of Poland
The first written record seems to be the Index List of property given to the pope by Oda von Haldensleben and her husband mentioned as Dagome (who is most probably identical with Mieszko), known from summary made by a monk in the 11th century and herein mentioned as Dagome Iudex.
On numerous occasions Poland's existence as a country was endangered, first, when the Polanian dukes tried to conquer lands in the 10th-13th centuries from Bohemia (Czechs), from Pomeranian, Prussian and Germans, and later, in the 17th century and afterwards, by Swedes, Russians, Prussians and Austrians.
Lands under Duke Mieszko's rule as vassal of the emperor and as margrave encompassed Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Silesia and Pomerania.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/History_of_Poland.html   (6450 words)

  
 Gdańsk - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The year 997 was celebrated as the date of the foundation of the city, this being the year when Saint Adalbert of Prague (sent by the Polish king Boleslaus the Brave) baptized the inhabitants of Gdańsk (urbs Gyddanyzc).
In the following years Gdańsk was the main centre of a Polish splinter duchy ruled by the Dukes of Pomerania.
However, German secret police had been observing Polish circles since 1936, compiling information which in 1939 served to prepare conscription lists of Poles to be arrested or executed in Operation Tannenberg.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Gdansk   (2765 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Talk:Gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As "Gdansk" proper, the city was founded in 1240 when the Hanseatic League was granted the right to build a city by the Emperor.
Gdansk then was _defeated_ (Although not decisively - one could argue, that in fact, it was a stalemate) and had to recognize Batory as king, and in exchange Batory recognized it's rights and abandoned some rights introduced by statut of Laski.
Space Cadet, Mruk, the Gdansk site that you messed up, was completely without links, without the spaces between the people on the bottom and texts removed etc. As I wrote earlier, go to history and to your entry on Jun 24 and you can look at it yourself.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ta/Talk:Gdansk   (8175 words)

  
 Duke - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
Duke is a title of nobility (customarily hereditary in nature) which in many cases referred to the male monarch of certain -mainly Continental European- principalities, referred to as duchy after their title.
Duke of Gottorp, Duke of Sonderburg, Duke of Augustenborg, Duke of Franzhagen, Duke of Beck, Duke of Glucksburg and Duke of Norburg.
In the Jagellonian era (1490-1526) only two dukes did not belong to the royal dynasty: John Corvin (the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus) and Lorinc Újlaki (whose father was the king of Bosnia), while both bore the title as royal dukes.
www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Duke   (2145 words)

  
 Explore - Part 33
Here also was Duke Boguslaw X the Great, husband of Anna the Jagiellon, daughter of the Polish King Kazimierz the Jagiellon, who transferred the ducal seat from Kamien Pomorski to the flourishing 15th century Szczecin.
A former frontier town of the Pomeranian dukes, it was captured in 1310 by the Teutonic Knights and regained in 1466.
Gdansk is a provincial capital at the mouth of the Stagnant Vistula and Motlawa to the Baltic.
www.poloniatoday.com /explore33.htm   (1397 words)

  
 About Poland - Major Destination For Travelers. Poland Tour, Crakow - Warsaw - Gdansk - Poznan - Wroclaw - Torun - ...
Kazimierz-a district of Cracow inhabited mainly by Jews prior to the war-is one of the greatest joint concentrations of historical monuments and mementos of Polish and Jewish culture.
monuments, such as the Uphagen House, Artus' Hall fronted by the Neptune fountain-the symbol of Gdansk, the Zuraw (crane) on Dlugie Pobrzeze, and the mammoth basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary with its capacity of 25,000.
The Renaissance castle of the Piast dukes in Brzeg, the 13th century castle complex of Ksiaz famous for its richness and grandeur, and the lordly residence of the dukes of Pszyna are the pride of Silesia.
www.chopintours.com /poland.shtml   (2846 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The contemporary Gdansk is the capital of the Pomeranian province and one of the major centres of economic and administrative life in Poland.
Possesion of Gdansk by the Teutonic Order was questioned all the time by the Polish kings Wladyslaw the Elbow Hihg and Casimir the Great what led to a series of bloody wars and legal-suits in the papal court in 1320 and 1333.
A list of the 173 mayors of the City of Gdansk/Danzig from 1347 to March 1945 was compiled by the current Gdansk city government and can be found on their recent website with the invitation for the "First World Gdańsk Reunion", which took place in May 2002.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Gdansk   (3752 words)

  
 History of Gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
During the course of the war, Gdansk was seized (November 1308) by the Teutonic Knights, called in by Wladyslaw the Elbow High of Poland.
Possession of Gdansk by the Teutonic Order was questioned all the time by the Polish kings Wladyslaw the Elbow High and Casimir the Great what led to a series of bloody wars and legal suits in the papal court in 1320 and 1333.
A list of the 173 mayors of the City of Gdansk from 1347 to March 1945 was compiled by the current Gdansk City government and can be found on their recent website with the invitation for the "First World Gda&324;sk Reunion", which took place in May 2002.
history-of-gdansk.iqnaut.net   (3239 words)

  
 History of Gdańsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke Mieszko I of Poland dedicated a fortress at the settlement in 980.
Gdańsk was the capital of an entire dynasty of the Dukes of Pomerania, the most famous being Mściwój I of Pomerania (1207–1220) Świętopełk II of Pomerania (1215–1266) and Mściwój II of Pomerania (1271–1294).
A list of the 173 mayors of the City of Gdańsk from 1347 to March 1945 was compiled by the current Gdańsk city government and can be found on their recent website with the invitation for the "First World Gdańsk Reunion", which took place in May 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Gdansk   (3629 words)

  
 Gdańsk - Enpsychlopedia
Gdańsk is usually pronounced IPA [gəˈdɑːnsk], [gəˈdaɪnsk], or [gəˈdænsk] in English.
The year 997 is recently being considered to be the date of the foundation of the city, this being the year when Saint Adalbert of Prague (sent by the Polish king Boleslaus the Brave) baptized the inhabitants of Gdańsk (urbs Gyddanyzc).
The city suffered a slow economic decline due to the wars in the 18th century, when it was taken by the Russians after the Siege of Gdansk in 1734.
enpsychlopedia.org /psypsych/Gdansk   (2667 words)

  
 Off the Beaten Path - Gdansk Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
Gdansk is located along the mouth of the Motlawa River to the Baltic Sea.
There are graves of Gdansk bishops underground in the Chapel of the Holy Cross, the oldest chapel in the cathedral.
There is a tomb of the Dukes of Pomerania where about 65 dukes and members of their families had been buried.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Poland/Wojewodztwo_Pomorskie/Gdansk-498698/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Gdansk-R-1.html   (1689 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - western slavs suggestions
So these dukes of Obodrites are the grand princes, while the list starting with Nako is the actual dynasty ruling the 'proper' Obodrites after the confederacy had fallen.
Till late 800's the GRand Dukes were howeevr existing in power, while thereafter (for unknown reasons, and also during unknown period) the function of duke was abolished at all and all power went to the Tribal council.
-another duke of Pommern is ruling from Bialogard and becomes vassal of Boleslaw in 1108 (also he is mentionned as grand duke, possibly a successor of the duke killed in 1107).
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=149744   (9557 words)

  
 Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku State Archives in Gdansk - Holdings
Other valuable holdings in this collection are the documents of Pomeranian dukes, Knights of the Teutonic Order, reports of Hanse diets, precious collections of plans and maps, archives of the city of Elbląg and of smaller towns of the Gdańsk Pomerania.
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)

  
 Magic of Gdańsk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For over 300 years it was ruled by Polish dukes, by whom it was granted the municipal chart.
In 1308 it was captured and destroyed by the Teutonic Knights, under whose rule it remained till 1454.
The list of scientists from old Gdańsk, who have brought new important ideas and discoveries into the world's science is long.
ecis2002.univ.gda.pl /magic2.html   (2207 words)

  
 Poland and the Baltic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The list commences with a series of monarchs regarded as semi-mythological antecedents to a nascent Finnish kingship.
The Baltic coast from the island of Rügen in Germany, to the mouth of the Vistula in Gdansk Bay in Poland.
Title of Duke devolves to the Grand Prince of Lithuania; government of Samogitia under the control of an elective Zhemaitija or "Elder", elected by Samogitian nobility and under Lithuanian suzereinty, with his seat at Raseniai.
www.hostkingdom.net /baltic.html   (2715 words)

  
 Gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Main article: Economy of Gdansk Neptune statue at the Old Town]] The city's industrial kaleidoscope is dominated by traditional lines of shipbuilding, the petrochemical and chemical industry, and food processing.
Main article: Sports in Gdansk There are many popular professional Sports teams in the Gda&324;sk and Tricity area.
Main article: Politics of Gdansk Contemporary Gda&324;sk is the capital of the Pomeranian province and is one of the major centres of economic and administrative life in Poland.
gdansk.iqnaut.net   (1684 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Warsaw
In time, it became one of the seats of the Dukes of Mazovia.
In 1980, the historic Old Town of Warsaw was inscribed onto UNESCO's World Heritage list.
Since the second half of the 18th century, the Warsaw Coat of Arms (originally a siren) has been a mermaid with sword and shield in hand, representing the creature who in legend led a prince to the site of Warsaw and ordered him to found the city.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Warsaw   (1081 words)

  
 Gdansk
Gdansk is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V The town of Trondheim is founded.
Dantzig is an older variant of Danzig (now the city of Gdansk).
www.experiencefestival.com /gdansk   (863 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity - Gdansk - Maritime Capital of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Gdańsk is the Polish maritime capital with the population nearing half a million.It is the part of TriCity(Gdansk Gdynia Sopot) and is the third biggest aglomeration in Poland (nearly 1mln people) It is a large centre of economic life, science, culture, and a popular tourist destination.
August 22nd, 2004 03:20 PM Nothing strange- Gdansk is sometimes called 'a small Amsterdam', and not just because it sits on several canals.
Gdansk used to be an independent city.At least, that's how books say.
www.skyscrapercity.com /printthread.php?t=127951   (721 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
Maximilian I (1573–1651), duke of Bavaria, led (1609) the Catholic princes into the Catholic League.
By the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Maria Theresa’s husband, Francis, duke of Lorraine, was recognized as emperor, although it was she who actually ruled.
His repeated demands for Danzig (Gdansk) in the Polish Corridor led to a Polish-British pact and Polish mobilization.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/nations/germany2.html   (9121 words)

  
 Gdansk
The name Gdańsk is usually pronounced IPA [gəˈdɑːnsk], [gəˈdaɪnsk], or [gəˈdænsk] in English.
The acute accent is usually left off due to the difficulty of entering it.
09 20 2005 chwaszczyno gdansk gddwufile imprezy obszar pa praca2 zaЕ›cianek zdjecia
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 "Thought Experiments"
The list was also provincial in that practically all the authors were male.
And another thing that makes this list provincial is that, to the average American reader of 1972–even to the average well-read reader–practically all these names were the names of strangers.
Arbitrary galactic holocausts that somehow bring about the rise of feudalism–traditional galactic emperors, and their courts of stellar dukes and counts, are so much more sexy, and wicked, than our own evil emperor Bill Gates.
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 New ChivalryTW Screenshots, Page 8 - Total War Center Forums
Krakow should be around 200 km (maybe a bit less) to the south and Gdansk should be moved around 200 km to east.
Gdansk only feel under Teutonic rule in 1308, afaik.
as to Gdańsk(Danzing)- Till 1308 it belonged to polish dukes or kings and since 1308 till 1466 it belonged to Teutonic Knights(Knights of the Cross).After this period, till 1773 it belonged to Poland.
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 ESWO website - Eduard and Egon Wojciulewicz
Famous ancestors are : Alexios I and Constantine IX, emperors of Byzantium; Gediminas, Algirdas and Vytautas, Grand Dukes of Lithuania; Ryurik, Grand Duke of Novgorod; Vladimir I, Grand Duke of Kiev.
A complete list of names is available in the Index of Names.
If your name appears in that list write us a note with your name and the country and city you live in, and we will send you the passwords.
roots.eswo.org   (1187 words)

  
 [CTRL] [1] Merchants of Grain
And so Communist leadership in Warsaw agreed to withdraw the price increases after the infuriated dockworkers burned the party headquarters in Gdansk and their comrades in Szczecin seized the shipyards in that Baltic city.
Sometime between then and 1972, the Soviet government made a command decision to cover its grain deficit with imports and to continue increasing the size of Soviet cattle herds.
These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.
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