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Obłuże

Coordinates: 54°33′33″N 18°30′39″E / 54.55917°N 18.51083°E / 54.55917; 18.51083
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Obłuże
District of Gdynia
Location of Obłuże within Gdynia
Location of Obłuże within Gdynia
Coordinates: 54°33′33″N 18°30′39″E / 54.55917°N 18.51083°E / 54.55917; 18.51083
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
County/CityGdynia
Within city limits1933
Area
 • Total
3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2022[1])
 • Total
17,436
 • Density4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGA

Obłuże (pronunciation) is a district of Gdynia, Poland,[2] located in the northern part of the city.

History

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Historical population
YearPop.
1921260
202217,436
Source: [3][1]

Obłuże was once a possession of the Premonstratensian Monastery in Żukowo, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[4]

During the German occupation of Poland in World War II, on October 26, 1939, Obłuże was the second district of Gdynia (after Orłowo), whose Polish inhabitants were expelled from the city to be replaced by German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5] On the night of 10–11 November, the German security police carried out mass arrests of over 1,500 Poles in the district, and then perpetrated a public execution of 23 young men aged 16–20, in retaliation for "breaking windows at the headquarters of the German security police" (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dzielnice". BIP UM Gdynia (in Polish). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U., 2013, No. 200
  3. ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. XI. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1926. p. 40.
  4. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 104.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Tomkiewicz, Monika (2021). "Gdynia – miasto wysiedlone (1939–1942)". Oblicza Wojny (in Polish). 4. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego: 275. ISBN 978-83-8220-617-3.
  6. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 156–157.