What is the German name for the Polish city of Gdansk ?
Postage stamps and postal history of the Free City of Danzig was annexed by the Third Reich. A Polish Post Office operated in the harbour of Danzig (see Polish Post Office in Danzig). This used Polish stamps overprinted PORT GDANSK. Postage stamps and postal history of the Free City of Danzig This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of the Free City of Danzig . Danzig, now Gdańsk, is a Polish city on the Baltic coast. It was the Free City of Danzig with its own stamps from 1920 until 1939. The first stamps of Danzig were overprinted German stamps issued on 14 June 1920. The first
Polish name (associated with the arms) would be used together and form a double-barrelled name. To explain the formation of a particular Polish nobleman's name, e.g. Jakub Dąbrowski, Radwan coat of arms, the process might be as follows: In Polish "dąb" means "oak". "Dąbrów" means "oak forest" and "Dąbrówka" means "oak grove". Then, by analogy with German surnames associated with noble provenance using von, the equivalent Polish preposition is, "z", which means "from" followed by the name of the patrimony or estate. In Polish the expressions, "z Dąbrówki" and "Dąbrowski" mean the same thing: hailing "from Dąbrówka". More precisely, "z Dąbrówki" actually