Kartuzy
| Kartuzy, Kartuzë | |||
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 Kartuzy, Kartuzë
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| Coordinates: 54°20′N 18°12′E / 54.333°N 18.2°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Pomeranian | ||
| County | Kartuzy County | ||
| Gmina | Gmina Kartuzy | ||
| Established | 1391 | ||
| Town rights | 1923 | ||
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| • Mayor | Mirosława Lehman | ||
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| • Total | 6.23 km2 (2.41 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 15,263 | ||
| • Density | 2,449.9/km2 (6,345/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 83-300 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 58 | ||
| Car plates | GKA | ||
| Website | http://www.kartuzy.pl | ||
Kartuzy [karˈtuzɨ] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Kartuzë; German: Karthaus) is a town in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northwestern Poland, located about 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of Gdańsk with a population of 15,472 (2004). Previously in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, Kartuzy since 1999 is the capital of Kartuzy County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.
The town is a cultural centre of the Kashubians. Since 1947 a Kashubian Museum collects the exhibits connected to Kashubia and its inhabitants. Famous, before the Second World War, was doctor Aleksander Majkowski, who has a bust erected for him in this town.
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[edit] History
Kartuzy was established about 1380 as a monastery for Carthusian monks descending from Prague in Bohemia, after whom it received its name. The charterhouse was vested with large estates by the State of the Teutonic Order. According to the Second Peace of Thorn the area passed to the Polish Crown and became part of Royal Prussia in 1466.
The monks had the extended woodland cleared and settled with peasants from the neighbouring Duchy of Pomerania. In the course of the Protestant Reformation Kartuzy was incorporated into the possessions of Cistercian Oliwa Abbey in 1565. The area was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. The Prussian government finally dissolved the monastery in 1826.
[edit] Population
1880: 2,179 inhabitants
1885: 2,300 inhabitants
1895: 2,377 inhabitants
1900: 2,642 inhabitants
1960: 7,900 inhabitants
1970: 10,600 inhabitants
1975: 11,600 inhabitants
1980: 12,000 inhabitants
1998: 16,100 inhabitants
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — sister cities
Kartuzy is twinned with:
Caissargues, France
Duderstadt, Germany
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Coordinates: 54°20′N 18°12′E / 54.333°N 18.2°E
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