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Gdańsk: History, Former Names & Timeline

A Hanseatic port at the mouth of the Vistula that changed hands between Poland and Germany several times.

Map showing Gdańsk in 1920Gdańsk
Border map for 1920. See Europe in 1920.

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Former names of Gdańsk

FromNameNote
AD 997Gyddanyzc
1308Danzig
1945Gdańsk

Timeline of Gdańsk

YearEvent
AD 997St Adalbert preaches here; first written mention
1308The Teutonic Order seizes Danzig
1454Submits to the Kingdom of Poland
1920Becomes the Free City of Danzig under the League of Nations
1939Shelling of the Westerplatte opens the Second World War
1980Strikes at the Lenin Shipyard give birth to Solidarity

Who ruled Gdańsk

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–199Pomeranian culture
200–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Proto-Slavs
800–999Baltic tribes
1000–1099Poland
1100–1199Prussians
1200–1299Unclaimed / no data
1300–1399Poland
1400–1649Poland-Lithuania
1650–1782Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1783–1879Prussia
1880–1913Germany
1914–1919German Empire
1920–1929Poland
1930–1937Danzig
1938–todayPoland

Battles and sites near Gdańsk

Landmarks in and around Gdańsk

Nearby cities