Putzig

Puck

Market Square

Coat of arms

Puck

Coordinates: 54°42′N 18°24′E / 54.700°N 18.400°E

Country

Poland

Puck (urban gmina)

Established

12th century

Town rights

1348

Government

• Mayor

Marek Rintz

Area

• City

4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi)

Highest elevation

20 m (70 ft)

Lowest elevation

0 m (0 ft)

Population (2006)

• City

11,329

• Density

2,300/km² (6,000/sq mi)

• Metro

1,080,700

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

84-100

Area code(s)

+48 58

Car plates

GPU

Website

http://www.miasto-puck.com

Puck [put͡sk] (Kashubian: Pùckò, Pùck, Pëck, German: Putzig, Latvian: Pucka) is a town in northwestern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (Bay of Puck). Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998), Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.

The settlement became a marketplace and a seaport as early as the 7th century. The name, as was common during the Middle Ages, was spelled differently: in a 1277 document Putzc, 1277 Pusecz, 1288 Puczse and Putsk, 1289 Pucz. In 1309 it came under the rule of the Teutonic Order as part of Pomerelia. Puck achieved town status in 1348. Together with the rest of Royal Prussia, it joined Poland in 1454 (1466) and was the place of the local County Administration (Starostwo). The Polish kings tried to create a fleet at Danzig, but independent Hanseatic Danzig would not allow them in their territory. Ships chartered by Poland had to land at Pautzke (Puck) in 1567. Poland tried to establish a Polish Navy, gaining the use some harbors in Livonia and Finland, but a standing navy never materialized. Swedish-Lithuanian Vasa King of Poland-Lithuania Sigismund III also tried to establish a fleet in his attempts to wrest the crown of Sweden from King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, but Sigismund's attempts were destroyed in 1628.

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