Śródmieście ([ɕrudˈmjɛɕt͡ɕɛ]; 'city centre'; Kashubian: Westrzódgardzé) is a district (dzielnica) of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. Śródmieście is commonly referred to as Main City, Old City, or simply Gdańsk, since the quarter is equivalent to the traditional area of the city.
Location
The quarter is located in the centre-eastern part of Gdańsk, on the River Motława to its west and east. To its north-east, the quarter borders the Przeróbka quarter on Port Island by the Martwa Wisła River. To its south and east, the quarter is bordered by the Opływ Motławy, via which the quarter borders the quarters of Rudniki, Olszynka and Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce. To the south-west of Śródmieście, via Biskupia Górka, the quarter borders Chełm, to the west with Siedlce. Śródmieście borders Aniołki and Młyniska to its north.
Quarter subdivisions
The following morphological units are located in Śródmieście:
Historic central part of Gdańsk. A fortified trade port between the tenth and thirteen century. Granted city rights in 1343.
Stare Miasto
The oldest borough of Gdańsk from the ninth century. Settled between 970 and 980, after 1433 surrounded by palisades and a motte. Municipal government based on Lübeck law established between 1261–1263.
Stare Przedmieście
An unfortified subdivision of Główne Miasto. Since 1360, gardens and ship workshops.
Wyspa Spichrzów
Around 1330, the first granaries were built, as well as a butcher, city folwark, Popielny Court (Dwór Popielny) and storehouses.
Długie Ogrody
c. 1360 - meadows and rental gardens (patrimonium). An undefensed borough was built at the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Blockhouse on the Polski Hak from the eighteenth century.
Rudno
Part of the Długie Ogrody from the fifteenth and sixteenth-century.
Transport
The Gdańsk Główny and Gdańsk Śródmieście railway stations are located within the district, with the former being the second busiest railway station in the Tricity and ninth busiest station in Poland (as of 2021).[2]
References
^"Gdańsk - oficjalny portal miasta". www.gdansk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^"Wymiana pasażerska na stacjach". Portal statystyczny UTK (in Polish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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