Matarnia

Matarnia
District of Gdańsk
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport in Matarnia
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport in Matarnia
Location of Matarnia within Gdańsk
Location of Matarnia within Gdańsk
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
County/CityGdańsk
Within city limits1973
Area
 • Total14.48 km2 (5.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2019[1])
 • Total5,939
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Matarnia (German: Mattern; Kashubian: Matarniô) is an administrative district of Gdańsk, Poland, located in the western part of the city.

The Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport is located in Matarnia,[2] as well as the Gdańsk Port Lotniczy and Gdańsk Matarnia railway stations.

As part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Matarnia was a private church village of the Cistercian Monastery in Oliwa, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]

  1. ^ "Podział administracyjny Gdańska". BIP - Urząd Miejski W Gdańsku (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Pasazer.com: Lotnisko Gdańsk (GDN)". Pasazer.com.
  3. ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 92 (in Polish)