Śródmieście, Gdańsk

Śródmieście ([ɕrudˈmjɛɕt͡ɕɛ]; means "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.

For other places with the same name, see Śródmieście.
Śródmieście
Gdańsk District
View of Długi Targ and Gdańsk Town Hall
View of Długi Targ and Gdańsk Town Hall
Location of Śródmieście within Gdańsk
Location of Śródmieście within Gdańsk
Coordinates: 54°24′27″N 18°37′53″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
County/CityGdańsk
Area
 • Total5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total29,630[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
80-500
Area code+48 58
Vehicle registrationGD

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
Długie Pobrzeże and Motława river
Gdańsk Główny railway station
Wyspa Spichrzów granaries
Na Stepcę Canal

The following morphological units are located in Śródmieście:

Division Short description Location in Śródmieście
Główne MiastoHistoric central part of Gdańsk. A fortified trade port between the tenth and thirteen century. Granted city rights in 1343.
Stare MiastoThe 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 PrzedmieścieAn unfortified subdivision of Główne Miasto. Since 1360, gardens and ship workshops.
Wyspa SpichrzówAround 1330, the first granaries were built, as well as a butcher, city folwark, Popielny Court (Dwór Popielny) and storehouses.
Długie Ogrodyc. 1360 - meadows and rental gardens (patrimonium). An undefensed borough was built at the beginning of the fifteenth-century.
OłowiankaBetween 1343–1454, property of the Teutonic Order.
Dolne MiastoGarden borough.
Nowe OgrodyHospital and St. Gertrude's Church built in 1342.
GrodziskoDefensive gord built in the ninth-tenth-century. City fortifications built in 1656 and 1807.
Biskupia GórkaFormer property of the Bishops of Włocławek, bishop's court. City fortifications built in the seventeenth-century.
ZaroślakTeutonic settlement from 1365.
Sienna GroblaBlockhouse on the Polski Hak from the eighteenth-century.
RudnoPart 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
  1. "Gdańsk - oficjalny portal miasta". www.gdansk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. "Wymiana pasażerska na stacjach". Portal statystyczny UTK (in Polish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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