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List of the Mayors (Template:Lang-de, Template:Lang-pl) of Danzig, from 14th century until 1945 when the German town at the Baltic Sea was made part of Poland, called Gdańsk. The German population was expelled and replaced by Poles. Thus, there is no continuation to later administrations.

Oberbürgermeister

Teutonic Order era

Note that dates overlap. This is because there were four mayors. First was titled president and had highest power, the rest were named second mayor, third mayor and fourth mayor. After a year the president gave power to the second mayor, and became the fourth mayor. The process repeated itself, interrupted by deaths and elections of new mayors.

State Republic Autonomy within Royal Prussia

Teutonic Order lost influence in Danzig after 1454, during the Thirteen Years' War, and by the Second Treaty of Toruń (Thorn).

State Republic Autonomy within Royal Prussia

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth begun in 1569 with the Union of Lublin, which ended personal union with the king and threatend the autonomy of Danzig and others.

Kingdom of Prussia

  • 1794 – von Lindenow

Free City (Napoléon era)

Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire

Free City of Danzig

Free City of Danzig created by Treaty of Versailles

Second World War

Free City status enforced by League of Nations de facto ended when German troops entered the town. The city returned to Germany according to wishes of the majority of the population

Poland, since 1945 Gdańsk

Danzig was occupied by Soviets at the end of the Second World War and transferred to Poland, which expelled the German population and renamed the town to Gdańsk. A new communist Polish administration as well as new Polish citizens were brought in, without a continuation of the former Danzig administration.

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