Puck, Poland - Definition and Overview

Puck (pronounce: ['puʦk], German Putzig) is a town on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea in Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 12,000 inhabitants.

It became a marketplace and a seaport as early as 7th century. It achieved a city status in 1348. Since 1466 it was the place where Starostwo was located. Since 1567 Puck was the main base of the Polish Navy. In 1920 in Puck, Poland celebrated its engagement with the sea.

It is the capital of Puck County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously a town in Gdansk Voivodship (1975-1998).

German Concentration camp existed in years 1941-1944.

Interesting places

• Mayors house (1865)
• St Peter's and Paul's cathedral (13th century)
• Burgeoisie houses at the main square (plac Wolności), (17th century, rebuilt in 19th century)
• Flooded port (8th-10th century) (located some 500 metres from the shore)
• Remnants of a brick castle (14th century)
• Memorials of gen. Józef Haller and Engagement of Poland with the sea
• Puck County museum

See also

• Puck on-line (http://www.miasto.puck.pl/)
• Puck news portal (http://puck.naszemiasto.pl/)
• Puck County (http://www.gmina.puck.pl/)

Population

1895: 1,904 inhabitants
1900: 2,093 inhabitants
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 6,800 inhabitants
1970: 9,300 inhabitants
1975: 10,500 inhabitants
1980: 11,100 inhabitants
1990: ? inhabitants
1995: ? inhabitants
1998: 11,600 inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants