Siege of Danzig (1734)
The Siege of Danzig of 1734 was the Russian encirclement (February 22 – June 30) and capture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth city of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk) during the War of Polish Succession.
Banino [baˈninɔ] (German: Banin) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Population: 2,593
Latitude: 54° 23' 31.74" N
Longitude: 18° 24' 22.39" E
The Siege of Danzig of 1734 was the Russian encirclement (February 22 – June 30) and capture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth city of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk) during the War of Polish Succession.
Kartuzy [karˈtuzɨ] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Kartuzë; German: Karthaus) is a town in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northwestern Poland.
The National Museum in Gdańsk (Polish: Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku), established in 1972 (although the history goes back the third quarter of 19th century), is one of the main branches of Poland's National Museum system.
The Long Market (Polish: Długi Targ, German: Langer Markt) in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city.
Polish Baltic F.Chopin Philharmonic in Gdańsk (full name in Polish: Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fryderyka Chopina w Gdańsku) was founded in 1945 as Gdańsk Symphony Orchestra. The inaugural concert took place on September 29 in Sopot. In 1949 it …
The Golden Gate (Polish: Złota Brama; German: Langgasser Tor) in Gdańsk (former German name: Danzig), Poland, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city.
Żukowo [ʐuˈkɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Żukòwò, German: Zuckau, Latin: Sucovia) is a town in Kartuzy County, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland in the cultural region of Kashubia, with 6,236 inhabitants (2005).
Stadion GOSiR is a football stadium in Gdynia, Poland. It is the home ground of Arka, but has also hosted several international games, including those of the Polish youth national team.
The Martwa Wisła [ˈmartfa ˈviswa] (literally "dead Vistula"; German: Tote Weichsel) is a river, one of the branches of the Vistula, flowing through the city of Gdańsk in northern Poland.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania
Reda [ˈrɛda] Pomeranian: Réda, German: Rheda) is a town on the river Reda in Kashubia or Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 17,000 inhabitants.
Pruszcz Gdański [ˈpruʂt͡ʂ ˈɡdaɲskʲi] (German: Praust; Kashubian: Pruszcz Gduńsczi) is a town in Gdańsk Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 26834 inhabitants (2010). Pruszcz Gdański is an industrial town neighbouring Gdańsk, part of the Tricity agglo…
The Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 (Polish: Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970) was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. It commemorates the 42 or more people killed duri…
The Forest Opera (Polish: Opera Leśna, German: Die Waldoper) is an open-air amphitheatre located in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 4400 seats, the orchestra pit can contain up to 110 musicians.
Zaspa German: Saspe; is one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.
The Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge is a cable-stayed road bridge which spans the Martwa Wisła River in Gdańsk, Poland.
Poland's bus disaster of 1994 was a bus crash near Gdańsk involving a commuter bus PKS (Polska Komunikacja Samochodowa) that veered into a road-side tree.
Old Town (German: Altstadt, Polish: Stare Miasto) in Gdańsk refers to the part of the city north of the modern city center.