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Danzig (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 22 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.3667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 018 41 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 18.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of nation's oldest cities; seized by Teutonic Knights in 1308; prospered until Swedish wars in 17th century; seized by Prussia in 1772; free city in 1807 and 1919-1939; site of Hitler's 1 September 1939 invasion of Poland. |
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| Gdańsk (preferred,C,V)
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| Danzig (C,O,English-P)
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| Gdansk (C,O)
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| Dantzig (C,O)
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| דנציג (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Gyddanyzc (H,V)
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| Kdanc (H,V)
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Danzig (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Slavs in 925 |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of dukedom of Pomerania & Pomerelia in 13th cen. until it passed to Teutonic Order in 1309 |
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