Monument at Westerplatte
The Westerplatte Monument, also known as the Monument to the Defenders of the Coast is a war memorial located in Gdańsk, Poland, on the Westerplatte Peninsula in the Gdańsk harbour channel constructed between 1964–1966 to commemorate the Polish defenders…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument in Gdańsk, Poland
- Also known as: “Westerplatte Monument”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westerplatte Cemetery and Saint Hedwig of Andachs church in Gdańsk.
Westerplatte Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westerplatte Cemetery is situated 520 metres east of Monument at Westerplatte.
Saint Hedwig of Andachs church in Gdańsk
Church
Photo: Andrzej O, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Hedwig of Andachs church in Gdańsk is situated 630 metres southeast of Monument at Westerplatte.
Wisłoujście Fortress
Park
Photo: Konikmorski, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Wisłoujście Fortress is a historic fortress located in Gdańsk by the Martwa Wisła river, by an old estuary of the river Vistula, flowing into the Bay of Gdańsk. Wisłoujście Fortress is situated 1½ km southeast of Monument at Westerplatte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nowy Port and Wisłoujście.
Nowy Port
Suburb
Photo: Dawid Galus, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Nowy Port is a district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland, at the mouth of the Martwa Wisła.
Monument at Westerplatte
- Categories: monument, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.4067° or 54° 24′ 24″ northLongitude
18.66697° or 18° 40′ 1″ eastHeight
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
9F6WCM48+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 463564935OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q825098
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Monument at Westerplatte” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Помнік абаронцам узбярэжжа”
- Chinese: “西盘半岛纪念碑”
- Dutch: “Westerplatte monument”
- German: “Westerplatte-Denkmal”
- Greek: “Μνημείο του Βεστερπλάτε”
- Japanese: “ヴェステルプラッテ記念碑”
- Korean: “해안수비대 기념비”
- Polish: “Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża”
- Russian: “Памятник защитникам побережья”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Những người lính bảo vệ bờ biển ở Westerplatte”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elektrownia Wojskowej Składnicy Tranzytowej and Kaszubski Dywizjon Straży Granicznej.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monument at Westerplatte”. Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.