PUCK, POLAND

'Puck' (pronounce: , Kashubian/Pomeranian: ''Pùck''; ) 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.

Contents

History

Interesting places

Population

Land use

Twin towns

See also

Links

Gallery

History

It became a marketplace and a seaport as early as 7th century. It achieved a town status in 1348 during the rule of the Teutonic Order. After having been incorporated into Poland (1466) it was the place where the County Administration (''Starostwo'') was located.
Since 1567 Puck was the main base of the Polish Navy. In 1772, through the Partitions of Poland, the town came to Prussia, and returned to Poland in 1919 as part of the Polish Corridor, which was created by the Treaty of Versailles. In 1920 in Puck, Poland celebrated Poland's Wedding to the Sea. During the time of the 2nd Polish Republic, until 1939, Puck was the main war harbour of the Polish Navy and the only Polish harbour until Gdynia was built.
A Nazi concentration camp existed in Puck in the years 1941 to 1944.

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'')

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

Land use

'Land use in Puck in 2005 '[1]	'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

Twin towns

Cieszyn, Stein, Konz, Guéret

See also

★ Hel

★ Jastarnia

★ Amber Road

Links

★ Puck on-line

★ Puck region museum (''Muzeum Ziemi Puckiej'')

★ Seaside Landscape Park (''Nadmorski Park Krajobrazowy'')

★ Statistics on Puck - Central Statistical Office (en)

★ Map of the town

★ Puck on the map of Poland

★ HOM Puck – Scout Sailing Centre in Puck (pl)

Gallery