History

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The timeline below presents the key events in the history of Sopot, from a small fishing village to Poland's best-known seaside resort.

On the left there is a title and brief summary of the event, while on the right there is the year and the political entity that administered the city at that time. The length of the vertical line roughly corresponds to the duration between events.

  • First record of Sopoth
    The Pomerelian duke Mściwój II gives the small fishing village to the Cistercian monks of Oliwa.
    1283
    Pomerelian dukes
  • Danzig massacre
    Teutonic Order takes over Danzig. Sopot comes under Teutonic rule, while remaining the property of the Cistercian monastery of Oliwa.
    1308
    Teutonic Order
  • Danzig rebellion
    1454
    Poland
  • First Partition of Poland
    Sopot is annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia.
    1772
    Prussia
  • Haffner opens the first bathing house
    1823
    Prussia
  • City rights granted
    1901
    Prussia
  • Treaty of Versailles
    1920
    Free City (Versailles)
  • Invasion of Poland
    1939
    Nazi Germany
  • Liberation of Sopot
    1945
    Poland