Oliwa (Oliva) is one of the quarters of Gdańsk. Population 2004 19,824 inhabitants on area 18.23 km² (population density 1,087 inh/km²). The interesting siteseeing is an old cathedral, kloster palace with park and botanic garden. Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta GdaÅ„ska Mayor PaweÅ‚ Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 460 524 (2004) Ranked 6th 1 100 000 1761/km² Founded City rights 997 1263 Latitude Longitude 54°40N 18°60E... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Oliva Cathedral

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History

Monastery of Cistercians was built 1186 and Oliva became monastery village. In 1188 duke of Pomerania Sambor I of Pomerania issued a privilege for the German monks. Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black Catholic order of monks. ... Events John the Chanter becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Events Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers, reaching the Reknitz river... Sambor I was a duke of Eastern Pomerania, with his capital in Gdansk, in years 1180-1207. ...

Important dates:

• 1224 (1226?) i 1234 (1236?) - incursions of Prussians
• 1246, 1247, 1252 - incursions of Teutonic knights
• 1295 - Pomerania is the basis for the reunification of Poland.
• 1308 - incursion of Brandenburg army. The monastery and Pomerania is annexed by Teutonic Order.
• 1350 - The monastery is destroyed by fire.
• 1433 - incursions of Hussites during Polish-Teutonic Order war
• 1466 - Second Treaty of Toruń: the monastery and Pomerania go to Poland, but then receive exempt status.
• 1577 - defending against Polish King's attempted conquest, Danzig (Gdansk) army destroyed the monastery
• 1626 - Protestant invasion by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden during the Thirty Years War
• 1627 - a sea battle near Oliwa (Schlacht bei Oliva)
• 1656 - Swedish invasion
• 1660 - Peace treaty in 1660 between the Emperor Leopold I, Elector of Brandenburg, Poland and Sweden Treaty of Oliva.
• 1733-1734 - devastation during the war of Polish succession
• 1772 - First Partition of Poland: the property of monastery is expropriated by Prussian King
• 1807 - Oliva taken over Napoleon army, Kloster turned into hospital. Oliva is included into Free City of Danzig.
• 1813 - Russian army takes over Oliva
• 1813 - Oliva is again annexed by Prussian Kingdom

'1831 - Oliva Abbey is closed. The church of the monastery becomes a Catholic church, the second church is given to Protestants. The Prussian people, or (old) Prussians, were Indo-European Balts inhabiting the area around the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons (i. ... Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... The Hussites comprised an early Protestant Christian movement, followers of Jan Hus. ... Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... Peace of ToruÅ„ 1466 or the Second Peace of ToruÅ„ was a peace treaty signed on 19 October 1466 in ToruÅ„ between Poland and the Teutonic Order ending the so called Thirteen Years War of 1454-1466. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded... Gustav II Adolph Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ... The naval Battle of Oliwa or Battle of GdaÅ„sk Roadstead took place on 28 November 1627 during the Polish-Swedish war outside GdaÅ„sk harbour, but it is commonly known as the Battle of Oliwa (Oliwa is now a part of GdaÅ„sk). ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Leopold I can refer to the following: Leopold I, Markgrave of Austria Leopold I, Duke of Austria and Styria Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... An elector can be: In the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation, the collegiate of seven Electors (eight since 1648) (Kurfürsten) consisted of those lay or clerical princes who had the right to vote in the election of the king or Holy Roman Emperor; see prince-elector. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Treaty of Oliwa. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prusai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

• 1864 - Oliva is extended to include (Polanki and Dolina Radosci) Schwabenthal.
• 1874 - Oliva is elevated to the rank of a city.
• 1907 - Jelitkowo (Glettkau) and Zabianka (Poggenkrug), Przymorze Konradshammer included into city.
• 1920 - Oliva is separated city inside Freie Stadt Danzig
• 1922 - Danzig bishop Edwarda O'Rourke comes to the newly created bishopry (eventually in 1925).
• 1921 - Herbert Creutzburg becomes major of Oliva. The city goes down into bankruptcy and eventually becomes one of the quarters of Danzig (Gdansk).
• 1926 - Oliva cease to be an independent city
• 1927 - The monastery palace is turned into a Museum ("Staatliches Landesmuseum für Danziger Geschichte"). The first manager is Erich Keyser.
• September 1 1939 - The beginning of WW II. Oliva is annexed by Germany to the province Danzig-West Prussia.
• March 25 1945 - Advancing Red Army captures Oliva. The land is given to Poland as Oliwa and Gdansk.

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See also:

• battle of Oliwa

The naval Battle of Oliwa or Battle of Gdańsk Roadstead took place on 28 November 1627 during the Polish-Swedish war outside Gdańsk harbour, but it is commonly known as the Battle of Oliwa (Oliwa is now a part of Gdańsk). ...

External links

• Map of Oliwa (*.pdf)
• History of the famous organ in the cathedral in Oliwa (in English, Polish and German)

Gdańsk

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