Polish Corridor

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The Polish Corridor was a strip of territory that gave the Second Polish Republic access to the Baltic Sea after World War I, separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany and becoming a major source of German-Polish tension before World War II.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
abolishedBy German invasion of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland
abolishedIn 1939 ⓘ
administeredBy Polish government ⓘ
borderedBy Baltic Sea ⓘ
East Prussia ⓘ
Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
capitalOrMainCity Bydgoszcz ⓘ
causeOf German-Polish tensions ⓘ
territorial disputes between Germany and Poland ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
createdAfter World War I ⓘ
createdBy Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
createdIn 1919 ⓘ
ethnicComposition German minority ⓘ
Kashubian minority ⓘ
Polish majority ⓘ
existedFrom 1919 ⓘ
existedUntil 1939 ⓘ
historicalNameInGerman Polnischer Korridor ⓘ
linked to: Polish Corridor
historicalNameInPolish Korytarz polski ⓘ
includedCity Grudziądz ⓘ
Puck ⓘ
Toruń ⓘ
Wejherowo ⓘ
justifiedBy Polish access to the sea ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
nearbyEntity Free City of Danzig ⓘ
opposedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Germany ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic
partOf Second Polish Republic ⓘ
politicalStatus sovereign Polish territory ⓘ
providedAccessTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
relatedConcept Danzig Corridor ⓘ
linked to: Polish Corridor
relatedTo Treaty of Versailles territorial settlements ⓘ
relatedToEvent German invasion of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland

World War II outbreak ⓘ
separated East Prussia from mainland Germany ⓘ
linked to: East Prussia
strategicImportance access to seaports ⓘ
separation of East Prussia ⓘ
supportedBy France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pomorze Army → location → Polish Corridor ⓘ
East Prussia → separatedFromMainlandBy → Polish Corridor ⓘ
Second Silesian Uprising → partOf → Poland–Germany border conflicts after World War I ⓘ
linked to: Polish Corridor
Polish Corridor → historicalNameInGerman → Polnischer Korridor ⓘ
linked to: Polish Corridor
Polish Corridor → relatedConcept → Danzig Corridor ⓘ
linked to: Polish Corridor
Korytarz polski → alsoKnownAs → Polish Corridor ⓘ
Korytarz polski → alsoKnownAs → Polnischer Korridor ⓘ
linked to: Polish Corridor
Korytarz polski → nameMeaning → Polish Corridor ⓘ