- This article is about public education during the Napoleonic Wars . For a city-state that existed between the world wars , see the article Free City of Danzig .
The free city of Danzig ( fr. Ville libre de Dantzig , German: Freie Stadt Danzig , Polish. Wolne Miasto Gdańsk ), or the Republic of Danzig, is a semi-autonomous state founded by Napoleon on July 21, 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars after it was captured on May 27 by Marshal Lefebvre in that same year .
| Vassal Republic of France | |||||
| Republic of Danzig | |||||
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| fr. Ville libre de Dantzig , him. Freie Stadt Danzig , polish Wolne miasto gdańsk | |||||
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 Free city of Danzig in 1812 | |||||
←  →1807 - 1814 | |||||
| Capital | Danzig | ||||
| Form of government | republic | ||||
| Tread | |||||
| • | Napoleon I | ||||
| Story | |||||
| • July 21, 1807 | Base | ||||
| • January 2, 1814 | Abandoned by the french | ||||
| • 1814 | Transferred to Prussia | ||||
The territory of the city-state consisted of the city of Danzig with its rural possessions at the mouth of the Vistula , together with the Khel Spit . The southern half of the Vistula spit was separated from the Kingdom of Prussia .
On November 29, 1813, Russian troops besieged the city , which the French left on January 2, 1814 . According to the decisions of the Vienna Congress , Danzig was returned to Prussia, after which it became the capital of the region and province of West Prussia , while traditional autonomy was preserved.
