Chełm, Gdańsk
Location
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
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.
During the German occupation (World War II), a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B prisoner-of-war camp was operated in the district. On average, the Germans held about 600 Allied POWs in the camp.
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.
Tourism
Tourist attractions:
- Jewish Chełm-Gdańsk Cemetery (Cmentarz Żydowski), closed in 1956
- The modern church św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej
- The modern church pw. Krzyża Świętego.
References
- ^ gdansk.pl: Chełm.
- ^ "Gdańskie dzielnice tu mieszkam tu działam" (PDF) (in Polish). Gdańsk: City of Gdańsk. p. 650.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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.
- ^ Decision of the city council No. LVI / 1670/18 (August 30, 2018).
- ^ gdansk.pl: Dzielnica Orunia Górna - Gdańsk Południe ma już rok. Urodzinowy festyn. (Polish)
External links
- Podział administracyjny Gdańska (Polish)
- gedanopedia.pl: Chełm (Polish)
- gedanopedia.pl: Orunia Górna (Polish)
