Sobieszewo Island
54°20′11″N 18°52′29″E / 54.33639°N 18.87472°E
Sobieszewo Island | |
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Gdańsk District | |
 Messina Spit on Sobieszewo Island | |
 Location of Sobieszewo Island within Gdańsk | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County/City | Gdańsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.79 km2 (13.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,484[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 80-506 80-528 |
| Area code | +48 58 |
Sobieszewo Island (Polish: Wyspa Sobieszewska; Kashubian: Sobieszewsczi Òstrów; formerly German: Bohnsack) is an island on the Baltic Sea, between the Gdańsk Bay and the delta of Vistula river. The island is part of the territory of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.
Location
[edit]The northern border of the island is the waters of Gdańsk Bay, while its southern border is a branch of the Vistula river, called the Martwa Wisła. The western border was created in 1840 during the flooding and creation of a new mouth of the Vistula called Śmiała Wisła. The eastern border was dug in 1895 as a new, artificially created mouth of Vistula, called Przekop Wisły.
In Górki Wschodnie is located a bird reservation and a center for research on birds.
Sobieszewo Island is one of the 34 quarters of Gdańsk.
Scouting and Guiding
[edit]The island is the venue for the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association's (ZHP) bid to host the 26th World Scout Jamboree in 2027.[2] It was the venue of the European Jamboree 2020.[3]
Gallery
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Beach in Sobieszewo -
Old fisherman's hut on Górki Wschodnie -
Pontoon bridge across Martwa Wisła, dismantled in 2018 -
Ferry by the pontoon bridge in Sobieszewo
See also
[edit]External links
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References
[edit]- ^ "Gdańsk - oficjalny portal miasta". www.gdansk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Przewodniczący i Naczelniczka: ZHP jedynym kandydatem do goszczenia Światowego Jamboree Skautowego 2027" [Chair and Chief:ZHP only candidate to host 2027 World Scout Jamboree] (in Polish). ZHP. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Southwick Scouts selected for European Jamboree 2020".
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