Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce
Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce (German: Ohra - Sankt Albrecht - Guteherberge) is one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.
History
Ohra (Orunia) was an estate of Arthur Schopenhauer's family, his grandfather, Andreas Schopenhauer, died here in 1794.[1]
After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.
Demographics
year | inhabitants (Ohra)[2][3] |
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1875 | 5,105 |
1880 | 5,513 |
1890 | 6,567 |
1924 | 12,260 |
External links
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References
- ↑ Bridgwater, Patrick (1988). Arthur Schopenhauer’s English schooling. Routledge. p. 3. ISBN 0-415-00743-7.
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Coordinates: 54°19′33″N 18°38′00″E / 54.32583°N 18.63333°E