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20-530: 54°35′45″N 18°19′45″E  /  54.5958°N 18.3292°E  / 54.5958; 18.3292 This Pomeranian Voivodeship location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Poland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( Polish : Województwo pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ] ; Kashubian : Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò [pvɛˈmvɛrst͡ʃi vɛjɛˈvut͡stfɔ] )

40-461: A standing navy never materialized. King Sigismund III Vasa also tried to establish a fleet in his attempts to wrest the crown of Sweden from King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden , but it was destroyed in 1628. In 1655–1656, Puck was successfully defended during a Swedish siege in time of the Swedish invasion of Poland . The town, including the castle, was spared from serious damage, but the hospital

60-658: Is a town in northern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea ( Bay of Puck ) and part of Kashubia with many Kashubian speakers in the town. Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998), Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. The settlement became a marketplace and a seaport as early as

80-456: Is a voivodeship , or province , in northwestern Poland . The provincial capital is Gdańsk . The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk , Elbląg and Słupsk , pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1997. It is bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to

100-782: The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Pelplin ) and the Malbork Castle . The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations include Wejherowo , Sopot , Jurata , Łeba , Władysławowo , Puck , Krynica Morska , Ustka , Jastarnia , Kuźnica , Bytów and many fishing ports, lighthouses, and marinas. The name Pomerania derives from

120-616: The Greater Poland Province . The starosts resided in the castle, which was later expanded and also housed the arsenal. The Polish kings tried to create a fleet at Danzig ( Gdańsk ), but the autonomous Hanseatic Danzig would not allow them in their territory. Ships chartered by Poland had to land at Puck in 1567. Poland tried to establish the Polish Navy and gained the use some harbors in Livonia and Finland , but

140-702: The SS expelled Polish families, which were either murdered in the massacres or deported to Nazi concentration camps . Polish students from local high schools were also massacred in Piaśnica. In the building of the local brewery in 1940, the Germans created a transit camp in which the racial selection of the expelled Polish inhabitants of the region was carried out. Those considered to be "racially valuable" were deported to Germanisation camps and labor camps in Germany, and

160-526: The Slavic po more , meaning "by the sea" or "on the sea". The voivodeship contains 7 cities and 35 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (official 2019 figures). Towns: Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 20 counties ( powiats ): 4 city counties, and 16 land counties. These are further divided into 123 gminas (communes). The counties are listed below in order of decreasing population. The Gross domestic product (GDP) of

180-673: The interwar period . Amongst the most recognisable landmarks of the region are the historic city centre of Gdańsk filled with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces, the Museum of the National Anthem in Będomin , located at the birthplace of Józef Wybicki , poet and politician, author of the national anthem of Poland , the largest medieval churches of Poland (the St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk and

200-535: The 7th century. The name, as was common during the Middle Ages , was spelled differently: in a 1277 document Putzc, 1277 Pusecz, 1288 Puczse and Putsk, 1289 Pucz. It was part of Poland, and in 1309, it was annexed by the Teutonic Order . Puck achieved town status in 1348. The town's first hospital was founded in the 14th century. In the late 14th or the early 15th century, a castle was built. In 1440,

220-580: The Polish air force units stationed there. During the subsequent German occupation of Poland , many Poles from the region, including officials, merchants, directors, teachers, judges, priests, notaries, railwaymen, pharmacists, blacksmiths, technicians, postmen and farmers, were imprisoned in Puck and afterwards murdered in the Piaśnica massacre as part of the Intelligenzaktion . In November 1939,

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240-711: The fiercest football rivalry in northern Poland. Since the establishment of the province, several major international sports competitions were co-hosted by the province, including the EuroBasket 2009 , UEFA Euro 2012 , 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship , 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship , 2016 European Men's Handball Championship , 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship , 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup , 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship , 2023 World Men's Handball Championship . Puck, Poland Puck [put͡sk] ( Kashubian : Pùckò, Pùck, Pëck , formerly German : Putzig )

260-649: The garrison of the first planes of the Imperial German Navy . After World War I , Poland regained independence and Puck was ceded to the Second Polish Republic in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles . In 1920, Poland celebrated Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Puck. The first actual Polish Navy was founded at the end of World War I in 1918 with some French and British involvement. Puck,

280-581: The only Polish harbor until Gdynia was built in the 1920s, served as the main harbor of the Polish Navy until World War II . Puck was bombed by Nazi Germany at 5.20 a.m. Polish time on Friday September 1, known thereafter as Grey Friday, the first day of the invasion of Poland , which started World War II. Luftwaffe bombers dropped a projectile on the town, which also had an airbase for the Naval Air Squadron and dealt significant damage to

300-541: The province was 29.2 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 5.9% of Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 20,800 euros or 69% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 74% of the EU average. The A1 , S6 and S7 highways pass through the province. The three busiest railway stations of northern Poland, and three of ten busiest railway stations of Poland overall, are located in

320-617: The south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast ), on the Vistula Spit . The bulk of the voivodeship is located in the historic region of Pomerania , with the territories on the eastern bank of the Vistula being part of Powiśle . The Pomeranian part of the region comprises most of Pomerelia (the easternmost part of Pomerania) with its subregions of Kashubia and Kociewie , whereas

340-533: The town joined the Prussian Confederation , which opposed Teutonic rule, and upon the request of which King Casimir IV Jagiellon re-incorporated the territory to the Kingdom of Poland in 1454. The Teutonic Knights renounced any claims in a 1466 peace treaty . It was the seat of local County Administration ( Starostwo ) within the Pomeranian Voivodeship in the province of Royal Prussia in

360-544: The voivodeship. Those are Gdynia Główna , Gdańsk Główny and Gdańsk Wrzeszcz . Protected areas in Pomeranian Voivodeship include two National Parks and nine Landscape Parks . These are listed below. Football , basketball , motorcycle speedway and volleyball enjoy the largest following in the voivodeship. The Arka Gdynia and Lechia Gdańsk football clubs contest the Tricity Derby ,

380-461: The western part, around Słupsk , is part of Farther Pomerania . The province is one of rich cultural heritage. The Tricity urban area, consisting of Gdańsk , Gdynia and Sopot , is one of the main cultural, commercial and educational centres of Poland. Gdańsk and Gdynia are two of the major Polish seaports, the first erected by Mieszko I of Poland in the Middle Ages, the latter built in

400-523: Was destroyed. Polish King John III Sobieski funded the construction of a new hospital, completed in 1681. In 1772, in the First Partition of Poland , the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia , and in 1773, it became part of the newly established province of West Prussia . The Prussian administration dismantled the castle and the remains of the medieval town walls. The town, as Putzig , became part of Germany in 1871. In 1913, it became

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