Westerplatte Cemetery
Westerplatte Cemetery is a cemetery in Gdańsk, Pomorskie. Westerplatte Cemetery is situated nearby to the ruins Wartownia nr 5, as well as near the museum Wartownia nr 1.Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monument at Westerplatte and Wisłoujście Fortress.
Monument at Westerplatte
Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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… Monument at Westerplatte is situated 520 metres west of Westerplatte Cemetery.
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 1¼ km south of Westerplatte Cemetery.
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 610 metres south of Westerplatte Cemetery.
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.
Westerplatte Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Cmentarz Żołnierzy Wojska Polskiego”
- Category: burial
- Location: Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.40692° or 54° 24′ 25″ northLongitude
18.67501° or 18° 40′ 30″ eastInception
November 2022Open location code
9F6WCM4G+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 984751324OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q9195116
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In Other Languages
“Westerplatte Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Cmentarz Poległych Obrońców Westerplatte”
- Polish: “Cmentarzyk Poległych Obrońców Westerplatte”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wartownia nr 5 and Wartownia nr 1.
Nearby Places
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