Gdańsk
Gdańsk (Danzig) City and seaport on the Gulf of Gdańsk,
n Poland; capital of Gdańsk county. Settled by Slavs in the 10th century, it was a member of the
Hanseatic League. It was taken by Poland in the 15th century but passed to Prussia in 1793. The Treaty of
Versailles (1919) established it as a free city, and annexation by Germany in 1939 precipitated World War II. The
Solidarity movement led by Lech
Wałesa was founded by strikers in Gdańsk's shipyards in 1980. Industries: metallurgy, chemicals, machinery, timber. Pop. (1999) 457,900.
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