Starogard Gdanski - Definition and Overview

Starogard Gdański (German Preussisch Stargard) is a town in Eastern Pomerania in north-western Poland with 50,700 inhabitants (1998). The distance to Tricity (Polish Trójmiasto), 1 milion aglomeration on the coast of Gdansk Bay is 50 km.

It is the capital of Starogard County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously a town in Gdansk Voivodship (1975-1998). Car registration numbers start with GST.

Starogard is the biggest city of the region callled Kociewie and populated by Kociewiacy.

Name

Name of Starogard means Old City. Historically there were 3 Starogards: Stargard Szczecinski and Stargard in present day Schleswig-Holstein called today Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein.

Major corporations

• Polpharma SA, Starogard Gdanski
• Destylarnia Sobieski SA, Starogard Gdanski

Education

• Pomorska Wyższa Szkoła Polityki Społecznej i Gospodarczej

Sports

• SKS Starogard Gdanski men basketball team promoted to play in Era Basket Liga in 2004/2005 season.

Population

1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 25,800 inhabitants
1970: 33,700 inhabitants
1975: 39,500 inhabitants
1980: 44,200 inhabitants
1990: 49,500 inhabitants
1995: 50,600 inhabitants
1998: 50,700 inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants

Famous people from Starogard Gdański

• Kazimierz Deyna