Starogard Gdański (German Preussisch Stargard) is a town in Eastern Pomerania in north-western Poland with 50,700 inhabitants (1998). The distance to Tricity (Polish Trójmiasto), 1 milion aglomeration on the coast of Gdansk Bay is 50 km. Eastern Pomerania (also Pomerelia, East Pomerania, Gdansk Pomerania, Vistula Pomerania) is a geographical and historical region in the east of Pomerania in northern Poland. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Lithuanian Pamarė, 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... For other tricities see Tri-Cities Tricity (also called the Treble City, in Polish Trójmiasto) is the metropolitan area consisting of the three Polish cities Gdańsk (German:Danzig), Gdynia and Sopot. ... The Bay of Gdańsk (also known as the Gdańsk Bay or Gulf of Gdańsk; in Polish Zatoka Gdańska; in German Danziger Bucht) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic sea enclosed by a large curve of the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania in Poland (Cape Rozewie, Hel Peninsula) and the Kaliningrad...

It is the capital of Starogard County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously a town in Gdansk Voivodship (1975-1998). Car registration numbers start with GST. Starogard County is one of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodship in Poland. ... The Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania. ... Gdańsk Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodship. ...

Starogard is the biggest city of the region called Kociewie and populated by Kociewiacy. Kociewie is a region in northern Poland, Pomerania, south of Gdansk . ... The Kociewiacy are a Polish ethnic group. ...

Name

Name of Starogard means Old City. Historically there were 3 Starogards: Stargard Szczecinski and Stargard in present day Schleswig-Holstein called today Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Stargard Szczeciński (German Stargard in Pommern) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 73,000 inhabitants (1995). ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... This page is about Oldenburg in German Holstein. ...

Major corporations

• Polpharma SA, Starogard Gdanski
• Destylarnia Sobieski SA, Starogard Gdanski

Education

• Pomorska Wyższa Szkoła Polityki Społecznej i Gospodarczej

Sports

• SKS Starogard Gdanski men basketball team promoted to play in Era Basket Liga in 2004/2005 season.

SKS Starogard Gdanski is a Polish basketball team, based in Starogard Gdanski, playing in Era Basket Liga. ... Era Basket Liga (EBL) or Polish Basketball League (=Polska Liga Koszykówki, PLK) is the highest level league of basketball in Poland 2004 Championship Playoffs for 1st place: Idea Śląsk Wrocław (2nd place) - Prokom Trefl Sopot (Polish Champion) Playoffs for 3rd place: Anwil Włocławek (4th place) - Polonia Warbud Warszawa (3rd place...

Population

1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 25,800 inhabitants
1970: 33,700 inhabitants
1975: 39,500 inhabitants
1980: 44,200 inhabitants
1990: 49,500 inhabitants
1995: 50,600 inhabitants
1998: 50,700 inhabitants
2001: 49,884 inhabitants

Famous people from Starogard Gdański

• Kazimierz Deyna