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Dirschau (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)Dirschau (Polish, Tczew) is a city of some 61,000 population (2001) on the left bank of the Vistula River some 20 miles (33 km) south of Danzig (now Gdansk). Formerly Prussian, and since 1920 Polish, it was the seat of the headquarters of the Mennonite Central Committee/Mennonite Relief Committee Polish relief unit, 1947-1948. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 68. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2012 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: Bender, Harold S. "Dirschau (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 25 May 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/dirschau_pomeranian_voivodeship_poland. APA style: Bender, Harold S. (1956). Dirschau (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 May 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/dirschau_pomeranian_voivodeship_poland. Document Actions |
