WebThe Free City of Danzig (1920–39) included the city of Danzig (Gdańsk), the towns of Zoppot (Sopot), Oliva (Oliwa), Tiegenhof (Nowy Dwór Gdański), Neuteich (Nowy Staw) and some 252 villages and 63 hamlets, covering a total area of 1,966 square kilometers (759 sq mi).The cities of Danzig (since 1818) and Zoppot (since 1920) formed independent cities …

WebThe Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 towns in the surrounding areas.

WebEarly life. Wałęsa was born in Popowo, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, Germany (German-occupied Poland). His father, Bolesław Wałęsa (1908–1945), was a carpenter who was rounded up and interned in a forced labour camp at Młyniec (outpost of KL Stutthof) by the German occupying forces before Lech was born. Bolesław returned home after the …

WebStudio albums: 11: Live albums: 1: Compilation albums: 1: EPs: 2: Singles: 28: This is a comprehensive discography of Danzig, an American heavy metal band, started in 1987 by former Misfits and Samhain vocalist Glenn Danzig.The band has released eleven studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, two EPs and twenty-four singles

WebReichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (German: Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany created on 8 October 1939 from annexed territory of the Free City of Danzig, the Greater Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish Corridor), and the Regierungsbezirk West Prussia of Gau East Prussia.. Before 2 November 1939, the …

WebSopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000.It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city in Poland to do so.It lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. …

WebThe Free State of Fiume (pronounced ) was an independent free state that existed between 1920 and 1924. Its territory of 28 km 2 (11 sq mi) comprised the city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) and rural areas to its north, with a corridor to its west connecting it to the Kingdom of Italy.. Fiume gained autonomy for the first time in 1719 when it was …

WebStutthof was a Nazi concentration camp established by Nazi Germany in a secluded, marshy, and wooded area near the village of Stutthof (now Sztutowo) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Danzig in the territory of the German-annexed Free City of Danzig.The camp was set up around existing structures after the invasion of Poland in World War II and …

WebA republic (from Latin res publica 'public affair') is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state."Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, the term was used to imply a state with a democratic or …

WebRiga (/ ˈ r iː ɡ ə /; Latvian: Rīga (), Livonian: Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea.Riga's territory covers 307.17 km 2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies 1–10 m (3.3–32.8 ft) above sea level, …