Elbing is the German name of Elbląg, a city in northern Poland which until 1945 was a German city in the province of East Prussia.

* Elbląg ( river ), on which the city of Elbląg is located

Elbląg () is a city in northern Poland with 127, 892 inhabitants ( 2006 ).

It is the capital of Elbląg County and has been assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999.

The city is a port on the river Elbląg which flows into the Vistula Lagoon about 10 km to the north, thus giving the city access to the Baltic Sea via the Russian-controlled Strait of Baltiysk.

The Old City () is located on the river Elbląg connecting Lake Drużno to the Vistula Lagoon, about 10 km from the lagoon and 60 km from Gdańsk.

On the east is the Elbląg Upland ( Wysoczyzna Elbląska ), a dome pushed up by glacial compression, 390 km < sup > 2 </ sup > in diameter and high at its greatest elevation.

Elbląg is situated in flat land extending to the west in the Vistula Delta ( Żuławy Wiślane ) used mainly for agricultural purposes.

The Elbląg River has been left in a more natural state through the city, but elsewhere it is a controlled channel with branches.

The Elbląg Canal ( Kanał Elbląski ) connecting Lake Drużno with Drwęca River and Lake Jeziorak is a popular tourist site.

Elbląg is not a deep-water port.

The turning area at Elbląg is diameter and a pilot is required for large vessels.

Traffic of smaller vessels at Elbląg is within the river and very marginal, while larger vessels cannot reach the open Baltic Sea because the channel, once built in East-Prussia to go through the peninsula, has belonged to Russia since 1945.

Elbląg is the Polish derivative of the German name Elbing, which was assigned by the Teutonic Knights to the citadel and subsequent town placed by them in 1237 next to the river.

It is thus the oldest source for documented Polish common law and is in Polish referred to as the Księga Elbląska ( Book of Elbląg ).

It is located around the modern towns of Elbląg and Malbork.

It was one of the trading posts on the Amber Road, and is thought to be the antecedent of the city of Elbląg ( Elbing ).

Gwyn Jones notes that " no true town has been found and excavated " and that the identification of the site in Elbląg with Truso is based on " finds of Norse weapons " and the presence of " a large Viking Age cemetery " nearby, According to Mateusz Bogucki " by now, there is no doubt that the settlement really is Wulfstan's Truso " The Elbląg Museum brochure: Truso-A Discovered Legend, by Marek F Jagodziński, describes a large number of buildings found during the recent excavations, with burnt remains of posts suggesting buildings of c. 5 x 10 m and long houses of about 6 x 21 m.

From 1579 Elbląg had close trade relations with England, to which the city accorded free trade.

By 1618 Elbląg had left the Hanseatic League owing to its close business dealings with England.

Georg Steenke, an engineer from Königsberg, connected Elbing near the Baltic Sea with the southern part of Prussia by building the Oberländischer Kanal ( Elbląg Canal ).

Elbląg was the scene of one of the riots in the coastal cities in 1970 together with Tricity and Szczecin ( see also coastal cities events ).

The treaty concluded the Thirteen Years ' War ( 1454 – 1466 ) which had begun in February 1454 with the revolt of the Prussian Confederation, led by the cities of Danzig ( Gdańsk ), Elbing ( Elbląg ), Kulm ( Chełmno ) and Thorn, and the Prussian gentry against the rule of the Teutonic Knights in the Monastic State.

Although the railway through Frombork closed in 2006, the port has seasonal ferry connections with Elbląg, Krynica Morska and Kaliningrad.

Polish Prussia established in 1466 included these western parts of Teutonic Prussia, i. e. the Pomerelian lands with the port of Gdańsk ( Gdańsk Pomerania ), as well as Chełmno Land ( Kulmerland ) with Michałowo Land and Toruń in the south, but also the area around Malbork and Elbląg and the epicopal lands of Warmia.

During the Thirteen Years ' War (" War of the Cities "), in February 1454, the Confederation, led by the citizens of Gdańsk, Elbląg, and Toruń, as well as gentry from Chełmno Land sent a delegation with Johannes von Baysen to ask the Polish king for support against the Teutonic Order's rule and for incorporation of Prussia into the Polish kingdom.

Thirteen years of attrition warfare ended in October 1466 with the Second Peace of Toruń, which provided for the Order's cession to the Polish Crown of its rights over the western half of Prussia, including Pomerelia and the districts of Elbląg, Malbork, and Chełmno.

In the 16th century the Polish Hanseatic trade city near the Baltic Sea had a large trade volume with England and Scotland, and many English and Scots had come to live in Elbląg ( see Eastland Company ).

The Protestant Saint Mary Church in Elbląg had many family grave sites with names such as Ramsay and Slocume until 1945.

The same year he moved to Elbing ( Elbląg ) in Polish Royal Prussia, and in 1648 went to England with the aid of Samuel Hartlib, who came originally from Elbing.

On October 12, 1655, with permission of King John Casimir, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg signed the Treaty of Rinsk, in which Royal Prussian nobility agreed to allow Brandenburgian garrisons in their province to defend it against the Swedish invasion ( the treaty did not include the cities of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Toruń ).

Legia Warsaw supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of Pogoń Szczecin, Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Olimpia Elbląg.

Inclined plane of the Elbląg Canal with a cradle.

The cities were usually given Magdeburg law town privileges, with the one exception of Elbing ( Elbląg ), which was founded with the support of Lübeckers and thus was awarded Lübeck law.

The city was known to the Polish crown by its Polish name Elbląg.

After the expulsion of most of the German population, the city was repopulated and became known under the Polish name Elbląg.

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