Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)

Free City of Danzig
Ville libre de Dantzig (French)
Freie Stadt Danzig (German)
Wolne Miasto Gdańsk (Polish)
1807–1814
The Free City of Danzig in 1812
The Free City of Danzig in 1812
StatusClient state of the French Empire
CapitalDanzig
Common languages
Religion
GovernmentConstitutional republic
Governor 
• 1807–1814
Jean Rapp
Mayor 
• 1807–1808
Carl von Gralath
• 1808–1812
Gottlieb Hufeland
• 1812–1814
Johann Wernsdorff
Historical eraNapoleonic Wars
• Established
9 September 1807
• Disestablished
2 January 1814
Preceded by
Succeeded by
West Prussia
West Prussia

The Free City of Danzig (French: Ville libre de Dantzig; German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk), sometimes referred to as the Republic of Danzig (French: République de Dantzig; German: Republik Danzig), was a semi-independent city-state established by Napoleon on 9 September 1807, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars following the capture of the city in the siege of Danzig in May. After the Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815, Danzig was re-incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia.[1]

  1. ^ "Poland and the Local Poles in the Free City of Danzig between the two World Wars" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2024-01-26.

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