Strzyża Explained

Strzyża
Settlement Type:District of Gdańsk
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County/City
Subdivision Name2:Gdańsk
Area Total Km2:1.11
Population Total:5,446
Population As Of:2019[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Strzyza (German: Strieß; Kashubian: Strzëżô) is an administrative district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland, named after a creek. It is a part of the Wrzeszcz borough. Most of it is covered by small family houses.

As part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Strzyża was a private church village of the Cistercian Monastery in Oliwa, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

The Gdańsk Strzyża railway station is located in Strzyża.

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54.386°N 18.5816°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Podział administracyjny Gdańska. BIP - Urząd Miejski W Gdańsku. 8 August 2020. Polish.
  2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 92 (in Polish)