Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)
Free City of Danzig | |||||||||
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| 1807–1814 | |||||||||
The Free City of Danzig in 1812 | |||||||||
| Status | Client state of the French Empire under the protection of Saxony and Prussia | ||||||||
| Capital | Danzig | ||||||||
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| Religion | |||||||||
| Government | Constitutional republic | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1807–1814 | Jean Rapp | ||||||||
| Mayor | |||||||||
• 1807–1808 | Carl von Gralath | ||||||||
• 1808–1812 | Gottlieb Hufeland | ||||||||
• 1812–1814 | Johann Wernsdorff | ||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||
• Established | 21 July 1807 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 2 January 1814 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 478 km2 (185 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• Census | 64,234 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
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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 21 July 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.