Suchanino

Suchanino
Suchanino
District of Gdańsk
	Aerial view of Suchanino in January 2005
	Location of Suchanino within Gdańsk
	Coordinates: 54°22′N 18°39′E / 54.367°N 18.650°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County/City	Gdańsk
Within city limits	1902
Area
• Total	1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	10,323
• Density	7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GD

Suchanino (Kashubian: Cëgónczi, German: Zigankenberg) is a district of Gdańsk, Poland, located in the central part of the city. With 12,937 inhabitants in an area of 1.3 km² it has a population density of 9,812 inhabitants/km². Most buildings are high-rise and were constructed in the 1970s.

During World War II, the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp in the district.^[2] The prisoners were subjected to forced labour at a local brickyard.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Podział administracyjny Gdańska". BIP - Urząd Miejski W Gdańsku (in Polish). Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Gliński, Mirosław. "Podobozy i większe komanda zewnętrzne obozu Stutthof (1939–1945)". Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum (in Polish). 3: 168. ISSN 0137-5377.

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[1] "Podział administracyjny Gdańska". BIP - Urząd Miejski W Gdańsku (in Polish). Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[mg-2] Gliński, Mirosław. "Podobozy i większe komanda zewnętrzne obozu Stutthof (1939–1945)". Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum (in Polish). 3: 168. ISSN 0137-5377.

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