Chełm (Polish pronunciation: [ɣɛwm]; German: Stolzenberg)[2] is an administrative district (dzielnica administracyjna) of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It got its final shape in 2019.

Chełm
Gdańsk District
Chełm
Location of Chełm within Gdańsk
Coordinates: 54°19′29″N 18°36′57″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County/City	Gdańsk
Area
• Total	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	32,242
• Density	8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+48 58

Location

From the north, the quarter is bordered by the districts of Siedlce and Śródmieście, from the east by Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce, from the south by Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe and Ujeścisko-Łostowice and from the west by Wzgórze Mickiewicza.

The quarters of Chełm are:

• Stary Chełm (translated Old Chełm)
• Nowy Chełm (translated New Chełm)

Quarters of the larger district Chełm transferred to Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe had been:

• Orunia Górna (translated Upper Orunia)
• Maćkowy
• Borkowo, with:
  • Cztery Pory Roku (translated Four Seasons of the Year)
  • Moje Marzenie (My Dream)
  • Os. Kolorowe (Colourful [estate]).

History

As part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland it was a private church village of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]

In 2010, the fast growing district of Chełm i Gdańsk Południe with a population of about 72,000 has been divided in the districts of Chełm and Ujeścisko-Łostowice. When Chełm reached a population of 51,000, the city council decided on August 30, 2018 for a second division in the smaller district of Chełm and the district Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe. The new district was created on March 24, 2019.[4][5]

In World War II, a subdivision of Stalag XXB or Stalag 20B Marienburg Danzig was established in the area nearby. Stalags had been German POW camps.

Tourism

Tourist attractions:

• Jewish Chełm-Gdańsk Cemetery (Cmentarz Żydowski), seriously devastated in the 1950th
• The modern church św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej
• The modern church pw. Krzyża Świętego.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chełm (Gdańsk).

• Podział administracyjny Gdańska (Polish)
• gedanopedia.pl: Chełm (Polish)
• gedanopedia.pl: Orunia Górna (Polish)