Kultura umysłowa i szkolnictwo Gdańska

In the article, the writer presents the intellectual culture and educational system of Gdansk in the times of Johannes Hevelius. At that time the exceptional role of that city lying on the Motlawa river became established in the history of scientific and artistic culture, whilst the research conducted thus far was meant to emphasise the significance of the particular course of politics being run then and of the actions taken with that respect. The reference to the merits of those scientists and artists that studied abroad and yet were connected with Gdansk served as good grounds for recalling numerous significant facts in the area of scientific, educational and cultural achievements of the pre-partition period.