Puck
Market Square
Coat of arms
Puck
Coordinates: 54°42′N 18°24′E / 54.7, 18.4
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Puck County
Gmina	Puck (urban gmina)
Established	12th century
Town rights	1348
Government
- Mayor	Marek Rintz
Area
- City	4. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Pomerania Province or by its Polish name of województwo pomorskie {{IPA-pl|p|o|'|m|o|r|s|k|j|e}} or simply Pomorskie A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County Puck County (powiat pucki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the The gmina or Municipality (frequently translated commune) plural gminy, is the principal unit (lowest level of territorial division in Poland Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 9 km² (1. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi)
Highest elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2006)
- City	11,329
- Density	2,312/km² (5,988. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2/sq mi)
- Metro	1,080,700
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	84-100
Area code(s)	+48 58
Car plates	GPU
Website: http://www.miasto.puck.pl

Puck [put​͡sk] ( listen) (Kashubian: Pùck, German: Putzig, Latvian: Pucka) is a town in northwestern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks In common with many Countries, Polish car number plates indicate the Region of Registration of the Vehicle encoded in the number plate Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa; język kaszubski is one of The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Latvian language (latviešu valoda is the official state language of Latvia. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (Bay of Puck). This article is about the modern region For the medieval duchy see Pomeranian duchies and dukes Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomorze Gdańskie or Eastern Pomerania The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (Zatoka Pucka Pùckô Hôwiga historically also known as the Bay of Putzig (Putziger Wiek is a shallow western branch of the Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975-1998), Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Puck County (powiat pucki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Pomerania Province or by its Polish name of województwo pomorskie {{IPA-pl|p|o|'|m|o|r|s|k|j|e}} or simply Pomorskie Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)

Contents 1 History 2 Interesting places 3 Population 4 Land use 5 Twin towns 6 See also 7 Links 8 Gallery

History

The settlement became a marketplace and a seaport as early as the 7th century. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The name, as was common during the Middle Ages, was spelt differently: Pauzigk, Pautzke (in a 1277 document Putzc, 1277 Pusecz, 1288 Puczse and Putsk, 1289 Pucz) [1]. In 1308 it came under the rule of the Teutonic Order as part of Pomerelia together with the main city Dantzike. The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. Pomerelia (Pommerellen is a historical region in northern Poland. The Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdańsk on 13 November 1308 refers to the incorporation of the city into the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. It achieved town status in 1348. Together with the rest of Royal Prussia it joined Poland in 1454 (1466) and was the place of the local County Administration (Starostwo). Royal Prussia ( Prusy Królewskie was a province of the Kingdom of Poland from 1466 and then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1772 The Second Peace of Thorn of 1466 (Zweiter Friede von Thorn Drugi Pokój Toruński was a Peace treaty signed in the Hanseatic city of Thorn (Toruń on Since 1567 Puck was the main base of the Polish Navy.

In 1772, through the Partitions of Poland, the town was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia. The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising After 1919 it was assigned to the Second Polish Republic as part of the Polish Corridor by the Treaty of Versailles. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Second Polish Republic or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II. Background Giving Poland access to the sea was one of the guarantees proposed by the United States President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. In 1920 Poland celebrated Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Puck. Poland's Wedding to the Sea was a ceremony symbolizing restored Polish access to the Baltic Sea that was lost in 1793 by the Partitions of Poland. Until 1939 Puck was the main war harbour of the Polish Navy and the only Polish harbour until Gdynia was built. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Gdynia (Gdingen (until 1939 Gotenhafen (1939-1945 Gdiniô is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important Seaport A branch of the Stutthof concentration camp existed in Puck in the years 1941 to 1944. Stutthof was the first concentration camp built by the Nazi Germany regime outside of Germany. After 1945 it became part of the People's Republic of Poland. The People's Republic of Poland or Polish People's Republic ( Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL Russian

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. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. 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 [2]	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

Timber framed building of hospital for the poor from 18th century, now seat of Puck region museum	Puck is an important water sports centre	Port in Puck during annual pilgrimage of fishermen from Hel Peninsula to a church fair of St. Józef Haller de Hallenburg (August 13 1873 in Jurczyce - June 4 1960 in London was a Lieutenant General of the Polish Army, legionary in Polish Poland's Wedding to the Sea was a ceremony symbolizing restored Polish access to the Baltic Sea that was lost in 1793 by the Partitions of Poland. Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs A pier is a raised Walkway over water supported by widely spread Piles or pillars. For other uses of this word see Marina (disambiguation. A marina is a sheltered Harbor where Boats and Yachts Mechowo is a village in Poland in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, at the border of the Darżlubie forest close to the Tricity area Landscape park may refer to Landscape Park (Poland, a type of designated protected area Landscape garden Cieszyn Lublin Voivodeship Cieszyn (Těšín Teschen is a town and the seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. Stein is a municipality in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. Konz is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Guéret is the préfecture (capital of the Creuse department in central France. for other meanings see also the disambiguation page Hela Hel ( Kashubian Hél, German Hela) is Jastarnia (Jastarniô Heisternest is a small town in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodship, northern Poland. The Amber Road was an ancient Trade route for the transfer of Amber. Timber framing (Fachwerk or Half-timbering, is the method of creating framed structures of heavy timber jointed together with pegged Mortise and tenon joints The following is a list of surface water sports; these are sports which are performed atop a body of water In Religion and Spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or Search of great Moral significance A fisherman or fisher is someone who gathers Fish, Shellfish, or other animals from a body of water Hel Peninsula ( Mierzeja Helska Półwysep Helski Hélskô Sztremlëzna Halbinsel Hela or Putziger Nehrung) is a 35-km-long Sand bar Peninsula Peter and Paul in Puck	Small marina and pier in Puck
Marina in Puck	Memorials of gen. Józef Haller and Poland's Wedding to the Sea	Restaurant on pier in Puck

Józef Haller de Hallenburg (August 13 1873 in Jurczyce - June 4 1960 in London was a Lieutenant General of the Polish Army, legionary in Polish Poland's Wedding to the Sea was a ceremony symbolizing restored Polish access to the Baltic Sea that was lost in 1793 by the Partitions of Poland.

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