Gdynia
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City and port in Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship. After World War I, the borders of the newly formed Polish nation left it without a major seaport. Danzig had been made a free city. The government decided to construct a new port city from scratch from 1921-1923. The result was Gdynia.
During the German occupation from 1939 to 1945, the city was renamed Gotenhafen and its ethnic Polish population forced out and replaced with Germans. It was from the port here that the "Wilhelm Gustloff" departed on its final journey, before being torpedoed and sunk with the loss of over 10,000 lives.
After the war, the city reverted to its former name and was resettled by Poles.
During the German occupation from 1939 to 1945, the city was renamed Gotenhafen and its ethnic Polish population forced out and replaced with Germans. It was from the port here that the "Wilhelm Gustloff" departed on its final journey, before being torpedoed and sunk with the loss of over 10,000 lives.
After the war, the city reverted to its former name and was resettled by Poles.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia
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Coordinates: 54°30'13"N 18°27'49"E
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- ESEA 0.2 km
- Dawny PGR 0.5 km
- Abandoned army base 2.4 km
- 65th Air Defence Battalion 2.9 km
- Grabówek 3.1 km
- Trasa Kwiatkowskiego 3.5 km
- Mały Kack 4.5 km
- Center of City of Gdynia 4.7 km
- Port of Gdynia 5.4 km
- Trójmiejski Landscape Park - northern part 7.5 km