Sopot, the Glossary
Sopot (or Sopòtë; Zoppot) 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.[1]
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- Cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Port cities and towns in Poland
- Spa towns in Poland
Adalbert of Prague
Adalbert of Prague (Sanctus Adalbertus, svatý Vojtěch, svätý Vojtech, święty Wojciech, Szent Adalbert (Béla); 95623 April 997), known in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Vojtěch (Voitecus), was a Czech missionary and Christian saint.
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Administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
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Anton Plenikowski
Anton Plenikowski (19 November 1899 – 3 March 1971) was a German communist politician of the Free City of Danzig and East Germany.
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Arka Gdynia (basketball)
Suzuki Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia.
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Ashkelon
Ashkelon or Ashqelon (ʾAšqəlōn,; ʿAsqalān) is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip.
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour.
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Augustus II the Strong
Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733.
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Balneotherapy
Balneotherapy (balneum "bath") is a method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas.
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
Battle of Monte Cassino
The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against German forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
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Bayreuth Festival
The Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.
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Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.
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Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street
Ulica Bohaterów Monte Cassino is the main street of Sopot, Poland, running west to east from Aleja Niepodległości (Independence Avenue), near the railway station, to Plac Zdrojowy (Spa Square), near the seafront and pier.
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Breathy voice
Breathy voice (also called murmured voice, whispery voice, soughing and susurration) is a phonation in which the vocal folds vibrate, as they do in normal (modal) voicing, but are adjusted to let more air escape which produces a sighing-like sound.
Bromide
A bromide ion is the negatively charged form (Br−) of the element bromine, a member of the halogens group on the periodic table.
Carl Maria Splett
Carl Maria Splett (17 January 1898 – 5 March 1964) was a German Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Danzig (Gdańsk); his role during World War II, especially as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Culm, is controversial.
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Casino
A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Cistercians
The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians ((Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.
City
A city is a human settlement of a notable size.
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City with powiat rights
A city with powiat rights (miasto na prawach powiatu) is in Poland a designation denoting 66 of the 107 cities (the urban gminas which are governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta) which exercise also the powers and duties of a county (powiat), thus being an independent city. Sopot and city with powiat rights are city counties of Poland.
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Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.
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Customs union
A customs union is generally defined as a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.
Danuta Siedzikówna
Danuta Helena Siedzikówna (nom de guerre: Inka; underground name: Danuta Obuchowicz; 3 September 1928 – 28 August 1946) was a Polish medical orderly in the 4th Squadron of the 5th Wilno Brigade of the Home Army.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
Donald Tusk
Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2023, having previously held the post from 2007 to 2014.
Dworek Sierakowskich
The Sierakowski Mansion (Dworek Sierakowskich), one of the oldest buildings in Sopot, Poland, is the seat of the Society of the Friends of Sopot (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sopotu).
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Ergo Arena
Ergo Arena (Hala Gdańsk-Sopot) is a multi-purpose indoor arena, that was opened in 2010.
Esplanade
An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk.
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888, Kraków – 22 August 1974, Kraków) was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic.
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EuroLeague
The EuroLeague, officially the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, is a European men's professional basketball club competition.
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).
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Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.
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First Partition of Poland
The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
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Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta (born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player.
Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)
During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg (Neumark) and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Forced labour under German rule during World War II
The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale.
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Forest Opera
The Forest Opera (Opera Leśna, Waldoper) is an open-air amphitheatre located in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 5047 seats, the orchestra pit can contain up to 110 musicians.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Frankenthal
Frankenthal (Pfalz) (Frongedahl) is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.
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Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig (Freie Stadt Danzig; Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas.
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Fritz Houtermans
Friedrich Georg "Fritz" Houtermans (January 22, 1903 – March 1, 1966) was a Dutch-Austrian-German atomic and nuclear physicist and Communist born in Zoppot (now Sopot) near Danzig (now Gdańsk), West Prussia to a Dutch father, who was a wealthy banker.
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Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Sopot and Gdańsk are cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland, port cities and towns in Poland and port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea.
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Gdańsk Bay
Gdańsk Bay or the Gulf of Gdańsk is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea.
Gdańsk Voivodeship (1945–1975)
The Gdańsk Voivodeship was a voivodeship (province) with capital in Gdańsk, that was located in the region of Pomerelia.
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Gdynia
Gdynia (Gdiniô; Gdingen, Gotenhafen) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. Sopot and Gdynia are cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland, port cities and towns in Poland and port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea.
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Germanisation
Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture.
Germans
Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gord (archaeology)
A gord is a medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, usually built on strategic sites such as hilltops, riverbanks, lake islets or peninsulas between the 6th and 12th centuries in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Grand Hotel, Sopot
Grand Hotel in Sopot is a historic five-star hotel located in Sopot, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
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Grodzisko in Sopot
Grodzisko in Sopot is an early medieval settlement in the city of Sopot surrounded by ramparts and a moat, covered with beech forest.
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Home Army
The Home Army (Armia Krajowa,; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
Independent politician
An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.
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Intelligenzaktion Pommern
The Intelligenzaktion PommernStefan Sutkowski (2001), The history of music in Poland: The Contemporary Era.
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
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Jacek Tylicki
Jacek Tylicki (born 1951 in Sopot, Poland) is a Polish artist who settled in New York City in 1982.
Janusz Śniadek
Janusz Józef Śniadek (born 26 May 1955 in Sopot) is a Polish labor and political leader who was Chairman of Solidarity in the years 2002-2010.
Janusz Christa
Janusz Christa (19 July 1934, Wilno – 15 November 2008, Sopot) was a Polish author of comic books, creator of the comic book series Kajtek i Koko and, perhaps his most well-known, the Kajko i Kokosz series.
Janusz Lewandowski
Janusz Antoni Lewandowski (born 13 June 1951) is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdańsk liberals group, and a former member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004), Chairman of the Committee on Budgets.
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Janusz Pawłowski
Janusz Pawłowski (born 20 July 1959 in Sopot) is a retired male judoka from Poland.
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Jarosław Kaczyński
Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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Jazz Jamboree
The Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the largest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, takes place in Warsaw Poland.
Jean Georg Haffner
Jean Georg Haffner (1777 in Colmar in Alsace – 20 April 1830 in Danzig) was a medical doctor and the founder of the first spa located in Zoppot (Sopot).
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
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Joanna Zastróżna
Joanna Zastróżna (born 1972) is a Polish photographer and filmmaker.
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John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa (Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660.
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Jurek Jatowitt
Jurek Jatowitt (born 21 February 1952) is an Austrian judoka.
Karlshamn
Karlshamn is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. Sopot and Karlshamn are port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea.
Kashubians
The Kashubians (Kaszëbi; Kaszubi; Kaschuben), also known as Cassubians or Kashubs, are a Lechitic (West Slavic) ethnic group native to the historical region of Pomerania, including its eastern part called Pomerelia, in north-central Poland.
Königsberg
Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland (Królestwo Polskie; Latin: Regnum Poloniae) was a monarchy in Central Europe during the medieval period from 1025 until 1385.
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Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.
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Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor.
Kleist family
The House of Kleist is the name of an old and distinguished Prussian noble family, originating in Pomerania, whose members obtained many important military and administrative positions within the Kingdom of Prussia and later in the German Empire.
Kołobrzeg
Kołobrzeg (Kòlbrzég; Kolberg) is a port and spa city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants. Sopot and Kołobrzeg are port cities and towns in Poland, port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea and spa towns in Poland.
Krzywy Domek
Krzywy Domek (Polish for "crooked house") is an unusually shaped building in Sopot, Poland.
Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Lake Worth Beach, previously named Lake Worth, is a city in east-central Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, located about north of Miami.
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Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010.
Leszek Możdżer
Leszek Możdżer (Polish pronunciation: born Lesław Henryk Możdżer, 23 March 1971, Gdańsk) is a Polish jazz pianist, music producer and film score composer.
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. Sopot and Lublin are city counties of Poland.
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Magnate
The term magnate, from the late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus, "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities in Western Christian countries since the medieval period.
Magnates of Poland and Lithuania
The magnates of Poland and Lithuania were an aristocracy of Polish-Lithuanian nobility (szlachta) that existed in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, from the 1569 Union of Lublin, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.
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Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (15 October 1622 – 26 April 1686) was a Swedish statesman and military man.
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Manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor.
Manor houses of Polish nobility
A manor house of Polish nobility is called dwór or dworek in Polish.
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Marek Biernacki
Marek Biernacki (born 28 April 1959 in Sopot) is a Polish lawyer and politician.
Marie Louise Gonzaga
Marie Louise Gonzaga (Ludwika Maria; 18 August 1611 – 10 May 1667) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania by marriage to two kings of Poland and grand dukes of Lithuania, brothers Władysław IV and John II Casimir.
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Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania
Mestwin I (Mściwoj I gdański or Mszczuj I, Mscëwòj I; c. 1160 – 1/2 May 1219 or 1220) was Prince of Pomerelia (styled himself as princeps Pomoranorum) from about 1205 until his death.
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Metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which are sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.
Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.
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Næstved
Næstved is a town in the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand in Denmark.
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
Ogniwo Sopot
MKS Ogniwo Sopot is a Polish rugby club based in Sopot.
Oliwa
Oliwa (Oliva; Òlëwa; Oliva) is a northern district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.
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Oliwa Abbey
The Oliwa Abbey was the Cistercian monastic community in Oliwa (now a district of Gdańsk), the oldest monastic establishment in Gdańsk Pomerania, which existed continuously from 1188 to 1831, now a Historic Monument of Poland.
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.
Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.
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Patrician (post-Roman Europe)
Patricianship, the quality of belonging to a patriciate, began in the ancient world, where cities such as Ancient Rome had a social class of patrician families, whose members were initially the only people allowed to exercise many political functions.
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Pedestrian zone
Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor traffic not allowed.
Petergof
Petergof (Петерго́ф), known as Petrodvorets (Петродворец) from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
Pier
A pier is a raised structure that rises above a body of water and usually juts out from its shore, typically supported by piles or pillars, and provides above-water access to offshore areas.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
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Polish Basketball League
Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland.
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Polish people
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.
Polonization
Polonization or Polonisation (polonizacja)In Polish historiography, particularly pre-WWII (e.g., L. Wasilewski. As noted in Смалянчук А. Ф. (Smalyanchuk 2001) Паміж краёвасцю і нацыянальнай ідэяй. Польскі рухна беларускіхі літоўскіхземлях.
Pomerania
Pomerania (Pomorze; Pommern; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô; Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany.
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship (Województwo pomorskie; Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò) is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland.
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Pomerelia
Pomerelia, also known as Eastern Pomerania, Vistula Pomerania, and also before World War II as Polish Pomerania, is a historical sub-region of Pomerania on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland.
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
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Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
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Powiat
A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1) in other countries.
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Premonstratensians
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Norbert of Xanten, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
Proto-Slavic language
Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages.
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Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
Rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.
Ratzeburg
Ratzeburg (Low German: Ratzborg) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Resort town
A resort town, resort city or resort destination is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy.
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk
The Archdiocese of Gdańsk (Gedanen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Poland.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.
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Sanatorium
A sanatorium (from Latin sānāre 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence.
Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
The Peace of Thorn or Toruń of 1466, also known as the Second Peace of Thorn or Toruń (drugi pokój toruński; Zweiter Friede von Thorn), was a peace treaty signed in the Hanseatic city of Thorn (Toruń) on 19 October 1466 between the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic Knights, which ended the Thirteen Years' War, the longest of the Polish–Teutonic Wars.
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.
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Siege
A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Sopot International Song Festival
The Sopot International Song Festival or Sopot Festival (later called Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix, Sopot Top of the Top Festival from 2012–13 and Polsat Sopot Festival in 2014) is an annual international song contest held in Sopot, Poland.
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Sopot Kamienny Potok railway station
Sopot Kamienny Potok railway station is a railway station serving the city of Sopot, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
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Sopot Lighthouse
The Sopot Lighthouse is a navigation facility on the Polish Baltic coast, located in Sopot.
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Sopot Pier
The Sopot Pier (Molo w Sopocie) is the pier in the city of Sopot, Poland on the Gdańsk Bay, built as a pleasure pier and as a mooring point for cruise boats.
Sopot railway station
Sopot railway station is the main railway station serving the city of Sopot, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
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Sopot Wyścigi railway station
Sopot Wyścigi railway station is a railway station serving the city of Sopot, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
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Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as Southend, is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England.
Soviet Army
The Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Sovetskiye sukhoputnye voyska) was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992.
Spa town
A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring).
Sport in Tricity
The following is a list of sport teams in the area of Tricity agglomeration, which includes the Polish cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot.
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Stanisław Leszczyński
Stanisław I Leszczyński (20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duke of Bar and Duke of Lorraine.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
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Swedish Empire
The Swedish Empire (stormaktstiden, "the Era as a Great Power") was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.
SWPS University
SWPS University (Uniwersytet SWPS) is a private non-profit university in Poland established in 1996 by three psychology professors, Andrzej Eliasz, Zbigniew Pietrasiński and Janusz Reykowski.
Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.
Szlachta
The szlachta (Polish:; Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and, as a social class, dominated those states by exercising political rights and power.
Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity)
PKP Szybka Kolej Miejska w Trójmieście Sp.
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Tennis court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played.
Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union
Seventeen days after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, the Soviet Union entered the eastern regions of Poland (known as the Kresy) and annexed territories totalling with a population of 13,299,000.
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Teutonic Order
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
Toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.
Town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.
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Treaty of Oliva
The Treaty or Peace of Oliva of 23 April (OS)/3 May (NS) 1660Evans (2008), p. 55 (Pokój Oliwski, Freden i Oliva, Vertrag von Oliva) was one of the peace treaties ending the Second Northern War (1655–1660).
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919.
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Trefl Sopot
Trefl Sopot is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Sopot, Poland.
Tricity, Poland
Tricity, or Tri-City (Trójmiasto;, Trzëgard;; German: Dreistadt), is an urban area in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, consisting of three contiguous coastal cities in Pomerelia forming a row on the coastline of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, namely the cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot, along with other cities and towns in their vicinity.
Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing..or trolleyDunbar, Charles S. (1967). Buses, Trolleys & Trams. Paul Hamlyn Ltd.
Tychy
Tychy (Polish pronunciation:; Tichau; Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Sopot and Tychy are city counties of Poland.
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University of Gdańsk
The University of Gdańsk (Uniwersytet Gdański, UG) is a public research university located in Gdańsk, Poland.
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Vehicle registration plates of Poland
Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate.
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Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.
Vistula
The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.
Voivodeships of Poland
A voivodeship (województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.
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War of the Polish Succession
The War of the Polish Succession (Wojna o sukcesję polską; 1733–35) was a major European conflict sparked by a civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of their own national interests.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. Sopot and Warsaw are city counties of Poland.
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Włodzimierz Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Włodzimierz Julian Korab-Karpowicz (born 24 October 1953) is a Polish philosopher and political theorist.
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Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.
Winfried Glatzeder
Winfried Glatzeder (born 26 April 1945) is a German television actor and playwright.
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Wojciech Kasperski
Wojciech Kasperski (born April 25, 1981) is a Polish screenwriter, film director and producer.
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Wojtek (bear)
Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963;; in English, sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek) was a Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) adopted by soldiers of the Polish II Corps during World War II.
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis.
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World Athletics Indoor Championships
The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Zakopane
Zakopane (Podhale Goral: Zokopane) is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. Sopot and Zakopane are spa towns in Poland.
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (Jeux olympiques d'été de 1976), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad (Jeux de la XXIe Olympiade) and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (Montréal 1976), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (Letnije Olimpijskije igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (Igry XXII Olimpiady) and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (Москва 1980), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia.
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2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF.
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See also
Cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Brusy
- Bytów
- Chojnice
- Czarna Woda
- Czarne
- Czersk
- Człuchów
- Debrzno
- Dzierzgoń
- Gdańsk
- Gdynia
- Gniew
- Hel, Poland
- Jastarnia
- Kartuzy
- Kościerzyna
- Krynica Morska
- Kwidzyn
- Kępice
- List of German exonyms in the Pomeranian Voivodeship
- List of cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Lębork
- Malbork
- Miastko
- Nowy Dwór Gdański
- Nowy Staw
- Pelplin
- Prabuty
- Pruszcz Gdański
- Puck, Poland
- Reda, Poland
- Rumia
- Skórcz
- Skarszewy
- Sopot
- Starogard Gdański
- Sztum
- Słupsk
- Tczew
- Ustka
- Wejherowo
- Władysławowo
- Łeba
- Żukowo
Port cities and towns in Poland
- Darłowo
- Dziwnów
- Dźwirzyno
- Elbląg
- Frombork
- Gdańsk
- Gdynia
- Hel, Poland
- Jastarnia
- Kołobrzeg
- Krynica Morska
- Lubin, Kamień County
- Międzyzdroje
- Mrzeżyno
- Nowa Pasłęka
- Nowe Warpno
- Police, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Sopot
- Stepnica
- Szczecin
- Trzebież
- Ustka
- Wolin (town)
- Władysławowo
- Łeba
- Świnoujście
Spa towns in Poland
- Augustów
- Busko-Zdrój
- Ciechocinek
- Duszniki-Zdrój
- Dąbki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Długopole-Zdrój
- Goczałkowice-Zdrój
- Gola Castle
- Gołdap
- Horyniec-Zdrój
- Inowrocław
- Iwonicz-Zdrój
- Jastrzębie-Zdrój
- Jedlina-Zdrój
- Kamień Pomorski
- Konstancin-Jeziorna
- Kołobrzeg
- Krynica-Zdrój
- Kudowa-Zdrój
- List of spa towns in Poland
- Lądek-Zdrój
- Międzyzdroje
- Muszyna
- Nałęczów
- Piwniczna-Zdrój
- Polanica-Zdrój
- Polańczyk
- Połczyn-Zdrój
- Przerzeczyn-Zdrój
- Rabka-Zdrój
- Rymanów-Zdrój
- Solec-Zdrój
- Solina, Poland
- Sopot
- Spa Park, Ciechocinek
- Szczawnica
- Szczawno-Zdrój
- Trzcińsko-Zdrój
- Uniejów
- Ustka
- Ustroń
- Wieliczka
- Wieniec-Zdrój
- Wysowa-Zdrój
- Zakopane
- Świeradów-Zdrój
- Świnoujście
- Żegiestów
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopot
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