Jelitkowo
Jelitkowo (German: Glettkau) is one of the quarters of Żabianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysiąclecia in the city of Gdańsk, just south of Sopot, Poland.
Jelitkowo | |
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Neighbourhood of Gdańsk | |
Beach in Jelitkowo | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County/City | Gdańsk |
District | Żabianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysiąclecia |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
As part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland it was a private church village of the Cistercian Monastery in Oliwa, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[1]
Located on the sea side, with beautiful sandy beaches, the town became known as an Ostsee-Bad Glettkau, a Baltic Sea (spa-vacation town). Some important hotels, windsurfing schools, and centers of water sports are in today's Jelitkowo. In the past, an old tram route ran from Danzig, the main city, to the tram loop in Glettkau. It now runs from Gdańsk to Jelitkowo.
Population (together with Żabianka) 23,145 inhabitants on area 2.1 km2 (population density 10,923 inhabitants/km2).
References
- Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 91 (in Polish)