In 1566, the official language of the city's governing institutions was changed from the Low German used throughout the Hanseatic cities to High German.
Georg Joachim Rheticus visited the mayor of Gdańsk in 1539, while he was working with Nicolaus Copernicus in nearby Frombork.
The feeling of grief felt by the citizens of Gdansk when their city was incorporated into the state of Prussia is well reflected in the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
GeorgDanielSchultz the Younger (1615 – 1683) was a painter of the Baroque era and the leading artist at the court of the Polish kings in the second half of the 17th century.
He was probably born around 1615, in Royal Prussia in the Hanse city of Danzig (GdaÅsk).
He learned the art of painting from his uncle, DanielSchultz the Elder (?-1646), another important painter, working in his workshop for about five years.
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