Puck, Poland

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Puck

Market Square

Coat of arms

Puck

Coordinates: 54°42′N 18°24′E / 54.7, 18.4

Country

Poland

Puck (urban gmina)

Established

12th century

Town rights

1348

Government

- Mayor

Marek Rintz

Area

- City

4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi)

Highest elevation

20 m (66 ft)

Lowest elevation

0 m (0 ft)

Population (2006)

- City

11,329

- Density

2,312/km² (5,988.2/sq mi)

- Metro

1,080,700

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

84-100

Area code(s)

+48 58

Car plates

GPU

Website: http://www.miasto.puck.pl

Puck [put͡sk] ( listen) (Kashubian: Pùck, German: Putzig, Latvian: Pucka) is a town in northwestern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (Bay of Puck). Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975-1998), Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.

1 History
2 Interesting places
3 Population
4 Land use
5 Twin towns
6 See also
7 Links
8 Gallery

[edit] History

13th century Gothic church in Puck

The settlement became a marketplace and a seaport as early as the 7th century. The name, as was common during the Middle Ages, was spelt differently: Pauzigk, Pautzke (in a 1277 document Putzc, 1277 Pusecz, 1288 Puczse and Putsk, 1289 Pucz) [1]. In 1308 it came under the rule of the Teutonic Order as part of Pomerelia together with the main city Dantzike. It achieved town status in 1348. Together with the rest of Royal Prussia it joined Poland in 1454 (1466) and was the place of the local County Administration (Starostwo). Since 1567 Puck was the main base of the Polish Navy.

In 1772, through the Partitions of Poland, the town was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia. After 1919 it was assigned to the Second Polish Republic as part of the Polish Corridor by the Treaty of Versailles. In 1920 Poland celebrated Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Puck. Until 1939 Puck was the main war harbour of the Polish Navy and the only Polish harbour until Gdynia was built. A branch of the Stutthof concentration camp existed in Puck in the years 1941 to 1944. After 1945 it became part of the People's Republic of Poland.

[edit] Interesting places

Town Hall (1865)
St Peter and Paul's church (13th century)
Burghers' houses at the main square (Plac Wolności), 17th century, rebuilt in the 19th century
Flooded port (8th-10th century) located some 500 metres from the shore
Remnants of a brick castle (14th century)
Memorials of gen. Józef Haller and Poland's Wedding to the Sea
Puck region museum (Muzeum Ziemi Puckiej)
Wooden pier
Marina
Caves in Mechowo
Seaside Landscape Park (Nadmorski Park Krajobrazowy)

[edit] Population

Year	Population
1895	1 904
1900	2 093
1960	6 800
1970	9 300
1975	10 500
1980	11 100
1998	11 600
2005	11 350

[edit] Land use

An evening view of the town

Land use in Puck in 2005 [2]	in ha	in %
Total	490	100,0
agricultural lands area, of which:	188	38,4
arable land	118	24,1
orchards	0	0,0
meadows	59	12,0
pastures	11	2,2
Forests and forest land	3	0,6
Other and wastelands	299	61,0

[edit] Twin towns

Cieszyn, Stein, Konz, Guéret

[edit] See also

[edit] Links

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Puck

[edit] Gallery

Coordinates: 54°42′N, 18°25′E

Timber framed building of hospital for the poor from 18th century, now seat of Puck region museum	Puck is an important water sports centre	Port in Puck during annual pilgrimage of fishermen from Hel Peninsula to a church fair of St. Peter and Paul in Puck	Small marina and pier in Puck
Marina in Puck	Memorials of gen. Józef Haller and Poland's Wedding to the Sea	Restaurant on pier in Puck