{{short description|Neighbourhood of Gdańsk, Poland}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Stare Szkoty |settlement_type = Neighbourhood of [[Gdańsk]] |image_skyline = Gdansk kosciol sw Ignacego 2.jpg |image_caption = Baroque Saint Ignatius of Loyola church |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{flag icon|Poland}} [[Poland]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Pomeranian Voivodeship|Pomeranian]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties of Poland|County]]/City |subdivision_name2 = [[Gdańsk]] |coordinates = {{coord|54|20|6|N|18|38|6|E|region:PL|display=it}} |pushpin_map = Poland |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |registration_plate = GD }} '''Stare Szkoty''' {{IPAc-pl|'|s|t|a|r|e|-|'|sz|k|o|t|y}} is a neighbourhood of [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]],<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części|year=2013|number=200}}</ref> located in the south-central part of the city.
==History== Stare Szkoty was a suburb of Gdańsk, and a private church village of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek]], administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomeranian Voivodeship]] of the Kingdom of Poland.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Biskup|first1=Marian|last2=Tomczak|first2=Andrzej|year=1955|title=Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.|language=pl|location=Toruń|page=92}}</ref> By the 16th century, the bishops of Włocławek settled craftsmen in the suburb, mainly [[Vistula delta Mennonites|Dutch Mennonites]], [[Jews]] and [[Scots in Poland|Scots]], who at the time had no chance to develop their enterprises in Gdańsk itself.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wijaczka|first=Jacek|editor-last1=Kopczyński|editor-first1=Michał|editor-last2=Tygielski|editor-first2=Wojciech|year=2010|title=Pod wspólnym niebem. Narody dawnej Rzeczypospolitej|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Muzeum Historii Polski, Bellona|chapter=Szkoci|page=201|isbn=978-83-11-11724-2}}</ref> The suburb was named after the Scottish settlers. In 1621, a Jesuit College was established, which in 1765–1775 was attended by [[Józef Wybicki]], author of the lyrics of the [[national anthem of Poland]].
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