Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej (Jan 2015)
Zmiany w przestrzeni gdańskiego miejskiego zespołu osadniczego pod panowaniem zakonu krzyżackiego a problem lokalizacji miasta samorządowego w Gdańsku w XIII w.
Abstract
SPATIAL CHANGES IN THE GDAŃSK CONURBATION UNDER THE TEUTONIC ORDER RULE AND THE ISSUE OF LOCATING THE LÜBECK-LAW TOWN IN GDAŃSK IN THE 13TH CENTURY One of the unresolved research questions in the history of Gdańsk (Danzig) in the 14th c. is the issue of locating the Council-governed town: it is hypothesized to have been situated near St Catherine’s church (in the Old Town) or on the Motława in the vicinity of St Mary’s church (the Main Town). There have been attempts at solving the puzzle through researching the beginnings and functions of those churches. New criteria that can be helpful: determining the exact reference of the term “old town”, delimiting the borders of the land that belonged to the chartered town before 1308 and to the Main Town, and the analysis of the agreement between the Main Town and the bishop of Włocławek made on 11 November 1356 and the data on the estates owned by the Oliwa monastery in the Main Town from the latter from the council of Gdańsk to the Grand Marshal of the Teutonic Order of 29 May 1347, suggest that the 13th-century council-governed town was not identical with the Main Town but was probably situated in the Old Town. This location, however, has not yet been confirmed by archaeological finds.
