Sobieszewo Island

Sobieszewo Island (German: Bohnsack; Kashubian: Sobieszewsczi Òstrów) is an island on the Baltic sea, between the Gdańsk Bay and the delta of Vistula river. The island is part of the territory of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.

Sobieszewo Island
Gdańsk District
Messina Spit on Sobieszewo Island
Location of Sobieszewo Island within Gdańsk
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
County/CityGdańsk
Area
 • Total35.79 km2 (13.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,484[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
80-506
80-528
Area code(s)+48 58

Location

The northern border of the island is the waters of Gdańsk Bay, while its southern border is a branch of the Vistula river, called Martwa Wisła. The western border was created in 1840 during the flooding and creation of a new mouth of Vistula called Śmiała Wisła. The eastern border was dug in 1895 as a new, artificially created mouth of Vistula, called Przekop Wisły.

In Górki Wschodnie is located Birds reservation and the center of the researches on birds.

Sobieszewo Island is one of the 34 quarters of Gdańsk.

Scouting and Guiding

The island is the venue for the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association's (ZHP) bid to host the 26th World Scout Jamboree in 2027.[2] It is the venue of the European Jamboree 2020.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Gdańsk - oficjalny portal miasta". www.gdansk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. "Przewodniczący i Naczelniczka: ZHP jedynym kandydatem do goszczenia Światowego Jamboree Skautowego 2027" [Chair and Chief:ZHP only candidate to host 2027 World Scout Jamboree] (in Polish). ZHP. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. https://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/people/southwick-scouts-selected-for-european-jamboree-2020-1-8969216


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