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Danzig (Germany)

LC control no.n 80004523
Geographic headingDanzig (Germany)
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Variant(s)Dantzic (Germany)
Danzic (Germany)
Gedanum (Germany)
Dantzig (Germany)
Danzig
Dantsig (Germany)
Danzica (Germany)
See alsoGdańsk (Poland)
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Special noteSUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Gdańsk (Poland).
Found inStern, E. Yehude Dantsig, 1840-1943, 1982 or 1983, c1983 (xx-ref.) t.p. (Dantsig) cover (Danzig [in rom.])
Webster's new geog. dict., c1988 (s.v. Gdańsk: mentioned in 10th cent. as Polish town of Gdańsk; ruled by Teutonic Order 1309-1454; became free city under Polish protection 1466; captured by Russia 1734; ceded to Poland 1793; Treaty of Versailles (1919) est. city and adjoining terr. (731 sq. mi.) as free state (Free City of Danzig) under League of Nations; within Polish customs union; continuous postwar friction with Poland; incorp. in Germany 1939; recovered 1945 by Allies, made part of Poland)
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