Starogard Gdanski

Starogard Gdanski is a metropolis in Eastern Pomerania in northwestern Poland with 48,328 population. Starogard is the capital of Starogard County. It is also the second largest city of the ethnocultural location Kociewie and is populated via Kocievians. Archeological evidence suggests remnants of a neolithic settlement from four to 5000 years in the past. The territories of the settlement in Pomeralia belonged to a Pomeranian duchy which got here under Polish rule during the 10^th century and which obtained independence in 1227. Starogrod changed into first noted in 1198 while Duke Grzymislaw II of Pomerania granted the agreement to the Knights Hospitaller. The Slavic call Stargarde was stated in 1269. Together with the relaxation of Gdansk Pomerania it got here below the rule of the Teutonic Knights for the duration of the 1308 Teutonic takeover of Danzig.

In 1348 the city acquired metropolis rights below Kulm Law with the aid of Grandmaster Heinrich Dusemer. Since 31 March 1440 Starogard changed into a member of the Prussian Confederation. It took an active component inside the 1454 rebellion against the Teutonic Order that caused the 13 Years' War. According to the peace treaty signed in Torun in 1466, the city have become a part of the province of Royal Prussia a part of the Kingdom of Poland. It remained beneath Polish rule till the first partition of Poland in 1772, while it became a part of the Kingdom of Prussia.