Chełm, Gdańsk

Coordinates: 54°19′29″N 18°36′57″E / 54.32472°N 18.61583°E / 54.32472; 18.61583
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Chełm
Gdańsk District
Chełm
Chełm
Location of Chełm within Gdańsk
Location of Chełm within Gdańsk
Coordinates: 54°19′29″N 18°36′57″E / 54.32472°N 18.61583°E / 54.32472; 18.61583
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
County/CityGdańsk
Area
 • Total3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total32,242
 • Density8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 58
Vehicle registrationGD

Chełm (Polish pronunciation: [ɣɛwm]; German: Stolzenberg)[2] is an administrative district (dzielnica administracyjna) of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It got its final shape in 2019.

Location[edit]

From the north, the quarter is bordered by the districts of Siedlce and Śródmieście, from the east by Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce, from the south by Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe and Ujeścisko-Łostowice and from the west by Wzgórze Mickiewicza.

The quarters of Chełm are:

  • Stary Chełm (translated Old Chełm)
  • Nowy Chełm (translated New Chełm)

Quarters of the larger district Chełm transferred to Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe had been:

  • Orunia Górna (translated Upper Orunia)
  • Maćkowy
  • Borkowo, with:
    • Cztery Pory Roku (translated Four Seasons of the Year)
    • Moje Marzenie (My Dream)
    • Os. Kolorowe (Colourful [estate]).

History[edit]

As part of the Kingdom of Poland it was a private church village of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]

During the German occupation (World War II), a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B prisoner-of-war camp was operated in the district.[4] On average, the Germans held about 600 Allied POWs in the camp.[4]

In 2010, the fast growing district of Chełm i Gdańsk Południe with a population of about 72,000 has been divided in the districts of Chełm and Ujeścisko-Łostowice. When Chełm reached a population of 51,000, the city council decided on August 30, 2018, for a second division in the smaller district of Chełm and the district Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe. The new district was created on March 24, 2019.[5][6]

Chełm tram track loop

Tourism[edit]

Tourist attractions:

  • Jewish Chełm-Gdańsk Cemetery (Cmentarz Żydowski), closed in 1956
  • The modern church św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej
  • The modern church pw. Krzyża Świętego.

References[edit]

  1. ^ gdansk.pl: Chełm.
  2. ^ "Gdańskie dzielnice tu mieszkam tu działam" (PDF) (in Polish). Gdańsk: City of Gdańsk. p. 650.
  3. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 91.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  5. ^ Decision of the city council No. LVI / 1670/18 (August 30, 2018).
  6. ^ gdansk.pl: Dzielnica Orunia Górna - Gdańsk Południe ma już rok. Urodzinowy festyn. (Polish)

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