Korytarz polski

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Korytarz polski was the Polish name for the narrow strip of territory that granted interwar Poland access to the Baltic Sea while separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany.

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Label Occurrences
Korytarz polski canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
political term ⓘ
affectedBy Treaty of Versailles border decisions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Polish Corridor ⓘ
Polnischer Korridor ⓘ
linked to: Polish Corridor
borderedBy Baltic Sea ⓘ
East Prussia ⓘ
Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
capitalCityNearby Gdańsk ⓘ
claimedBy Germany ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
createdBy Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
demographics ethnically mixed Polish and German population ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1939 ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
geopoliticalRole land bridge between mainland Poland and the Baltic Sea ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Poland ⓘ
includedRegion Pomerelia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Pomerania
languageOfName Polish ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
nameMeaning Polish Corridor ⓘ
partOf Second Polish Republic ⓘ
partOfHistoricalConflict German–Polish border disputes ⓘ
politicalStatus part of sovereign Polish territory ⓘ
predecessor German Empire territory in West Prussia ⓘ
providedAccessTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
reasonForCreation to give Poland access to the sea after World War I ⓘ
relatedEvent German invasion of Poland in 1939 ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland

German–Polish tensions in the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ
World War I settlement ⓘ
separated East Prussia ⓘ
separatedFrom rest of Germany ⓘ
significance provided Poland with a seaport and maritime access ⓘ
was a major source of tension between Germany and Poland ⓘ
startTime 1919 ⓘ
1920 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to the port of Gdynia ⓘ
control of land routes between Germany and East Prussia ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
topicOf German revisionist propaganda in the interwar period ⓘ
usedBy German historiography ⓘ
Polish historiography ⓘ

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

Polish Corridor → historicalNameInPolish → Korytarz polski ⓘ