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 of the Kingdom of Poland. By the 16th century, the bishops of Włocławek settled craftsmen in the suburb, mainly
Dutch Mennonites,
Jews and
Scots, who at the time had no chance to develop their enterprises in Gdańsk itself. 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. ==References==