Pruszcz Gdański (; former pl, Pruszcz; german: Praust) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ...

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

, northern Poland with 26,834 inhabitants (2010). Pruszcz Gdański is an industrial town neighbouring

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

, part of the Tricity

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. The Tricity Bypass begins in Pruszcz Gdański. The capital of Gdańsk County in the

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province ( Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. Th ...

since 1999, previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. The town is served by a

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History

The town was first mentioned as 'Prust'. The Polish government of the region employed the name Pruszcz until the town became part of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

as the result of the

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 12 ...

. For a couple of centuries Pruszcz was often visited by Polish kings, during their travels to nearby

. Between 1871 and 1920 Pruszcz as ''Praust'' was part of Germany. Unlike most of Eastern Pomerania, the town did not return to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

after regaining independence, but was included in the short-lived

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...

by the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1 ...

. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, Pruszcz was the location of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

's Praust concentration camp, a female subcamp of the

Stutthof concentration camp Stutthof 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 (Gdańsk) in the territory of the German- ...

. After the region was finally reintegrated with Poland in 1945, the local German population was expelled. As early as 30 March 1945, the

Polish Post Poczta Polska ( lit. ''Polish Post'') is the state postal administration of Poland, initially founded in 1558. It is the largest mail-handling company in the country, which additionally provides courier, banking, insurance and logistics servi ...

Office began its work as the first post-war Polish institution in the town. In post-war Poland the

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''Gdański'' was added to the town's name, after the nearby city of

, to distinguish the town from other Polish settlements of the same name. Cukrownia w Pruszczu Gdanskim 2010 ubt-4

Education

Schools: * Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1 * Liceum Ogólnokształcące * Gimnazjum nr 1 * Szkoła Podstawowa nr 2 w Pruszczu Gdańskim
School website
* Szkoła Podstawowa nr 3 * Zespół Szkół nr 4 * Katolickie Szkoły Niepubliczne im. Jana Pawła II
School website
* Prywatna Szkoła Muzyczna I stopnia Preschools: * Przedszkole Publiczne nr 3 * Niepubliczne Przedszkole im. Janusza Korczaka * Niepubliczne Przedszkole „Promyczek” * Oddziały Przedszkolne Szkoły Podstawowej nr 2 „Dwójeczka” * Niepubliczne Przedszkole „Jedyneczka” * Niepubliczne przedszkole „Czwóreczka”

Population

Sports

The clubs local football club is Czarni Pruszcz Gdański.

Notable people

Edward Jurkiewicz Edward Jurkiewicz (born 22 January 1948 in Pruszcz Gdański, Poland) is a Polish former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was a 1.95 m tall (6' 4") tall small forward. He was a member of the senior Polish national tea ...

(born 1948 in Pruszcz Gdański) a Polish former professional basketball player, competed in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport ev ...

Mateusz Bąk Mateusz Bąk (born 26 February 1983 in Pruszcz Gdański) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Lechia Gdańsk for the majority of his career. Over the course of his career Bąk was involved in 6 promotion winning seasons ...

(born 1983 in Pruszcz Gdański) a Polish footballer who currently played for Lechia Gdańsk as a goalkeeper.

References

External links

Municipal website

photos from Pruszcz Gdański
Cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship Gdańsk County {{Gdańsk-geo-stub