Free City of Danzig

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The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city-state under League of Nations protection
former political entity
semi-autonomous city-state
administrativeStatus customs union with Poland
annexedBy Nazi Germany
borderedBy Germany
Poland
capital Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk
casusBelliFor German invasion of Poland in 1939
linked to: Invasion of Poland
contestedBy Germany
Poland
continent Europe
conventionalLongName Free City of Danzig
createdBy Treaty of Versailles
currency Danzig gulden
dissolved 1939
endDate 1 September 1939
established 1920
ethnicMajority Germans
foreignRelationsRepresentedBy Poland
governingBody Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
hadAccessTo Baltic Sea
hadMinorityTreatyWith League of Nations
hadOwnCoatOfArms yes
hadOwnFlag yes
hadOwnStamps yes
headOfStateTitle President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig
historicalEra Interwar period
legislature Volkstag
locatedInPresentDay Gdańsk, Poland
linked to: Gdańsk

Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
modernLocationCity Gdańsk
modernLocationCountry Poland
officialLanguage German
officialName Freie Stadt Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk
portFacilitiesControlledBy Poland
postalSystem Danzig postal service
predecessor German Empire
Province of West Prussia
region Baltic Sea region
linked to: Baltic Sea
relatedEvent World War I
World War II
seatOfGovernment Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk
shortName Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk
significantMinority Poles
sovereigntyRecognizedBy League of Nations
startDate 15 November 1920
successor Nazi Germany
Republic of Poland
underProtectionOf League of Nations
usedLanguage Polish

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Second Polish Republic borderedBy Free City of Danzig
Free City of Danzig conventionalLongName Free City of Danzig
German attack on Westerplatte hasLocation Free City of Danzig
Gdynia foundedAsPortToReplace Free City of Danzig
Arthur Schopenhauer placeOfBirth Free City of Danzig
Gdańsk wasPartOf Free City of Danzig
Günter Grass placeOfBirth Free City of Danzig
Province of West Prussia succeededBy Free City of Danzig
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig country Free City of Danzig
Danzig gulden countryOrRegionOfUse Free City of Danzig
Danzig gulden usedIn Free City of Danzig
Danzig gulden legalTenderIn Free City of Danzig
Advisory Opinion on the Treatment of Polish Nationals in Danzig appliesTo Free City of Danzig authorities
linked to: Free City of Danzig
West Prussia successor Free City of Danzig
Heinz Ewald placeOfBirth Free City of Danzig
Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia precededBy Free City of Danzig
Vistula Delta historicalAffiliation Free City of Danzig
The Tin Drum settingLocation Free City of Danzig
Dog Years setting Free City of Danzig
Polish Corridor borderedBy Free City of Danzig
Polish Corridor nearbyEntity Free City of Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig country Free City of Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig locatedIn Free City of Danzig
Hermann Rauschning residence Free City of Danzig
Bank of Danzig country Free City of Danzig
Bank of Danzig jurisdiction Free City of Danzig
Bank of Danzig regionServed Free City of Danzig
Bank of Danzig associatedWith Free City of Danzig government
linked to: Free City of Danzig
Ernst Ziehm workLocation Free City of Danzig