Sobieszewo Island (Polish: Wyspa Sobieszewska; Kashubian: Sobieszewsczi Òstrów; formerly German: Bohnsack) 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
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County/City	Gdańsk
Area
• Total	35.79 km2 (13.82 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,484[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	80-506 80-528
Area code	+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]

Gallery

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  Beach in Sobieszewo
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  Old fisherman's hut on Górki Wschodnie
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  Pontoon bridge across Martwa Wisła, dismantled in 2018
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  Ferry by the pontoon bridge in Sobieszewo

See also

• Quarters of Gdańsk

External links

• Map of Sobieszewo Island
• Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Wyspy Sobieszewskiej

References

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