Jasień, Gdańsk


Jasień is one of the administrative districts of the city of Gdańsk, Poland established in 2011.

Location

From the north, the quarter is bordered by the districts of Matarnia, Brętowo and Piecki-Migowo, from the east by Ujeścisko-Łostowice, from the south by the rural Gmina Kolbudy and from the west by the district of Kokoszki.
Historical quarters of Jasień had been:
The settlement was first mentioned in 1284 as Gnanowo and from 1615 on as Nenkaw/Nenkau. After 1308, the village became property of the Teutonic Order, from 1648 on it belonged to the royal properties of Kelpin. Nenkau was part of the Napoleonic Free City of Danzig. In 1869 it had 270 inhabitants, in 1871 there was a manor and 23 farms, 261 people lived here. From 1874, Nenkau was included into the Kelpin court district. In 1880 Nenkau was inhabited by 270 people, there were taverns, brickyards and 20 farms. In 1891, Nenkau manor was owned by Edward Maquet, the farmland amounted to 440 ha, a brickyard operated. After World War I Nenkau became part of the Free City of Danzig, 199 and 210 people lived here. A farm with a manor house and a park, a forge, a school and a slaughterhouse existed.
After World War II, when the area became part of Poland, the name was changed to Nenkowo and in 1954, the village adopted its current name, which refers to the name of a former owner, F.J. Jasieński.
The area came to the city of Gdańsk on January 1, 1973. From 1992 to 2010 it has been part of the district Chełm i Gdańsk Południe. Jasień got the status as a district in 2013. Gdańsk Jasień railway station on the Gdańsk Wrzeszcz–Gdańsk Osowa railway was opened in September 2015. Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport is only four stops and 7.2 km away.