| 10 Jan 1920 |
all rights and title over the territory, including the town of Danzig, are renounced by Germany in favor of the United States, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan (the "Principal Allied Powers") and the Associated Powers, with the purpose of establishing Danzig as a free city under a Constitution guaranteed by the League of Nations in accordance with a treaty signed by the representatives of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers and Germany at Versailles, France, on 28 Jun 1919, came into effect at the date of signing the first procès-verbal of the deposit of ratifications in Paris on 10 Jan 1920 (Versailles Treaty 1919, Traité de paix, pp. 1-223, Procès-verbal du dépôt des ratifications, pp. 1-3) |
| 11 Aug 1920 |
the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Danzig (Verfassung für die Freie und Hansestadt Danzig) is adopted by the Constituent Assembly (Verfassunggebende Versammlung) at the session held on 11 Aug 1920, pending the approval by the Council of the League of Nations (Danziger Zeitung, No. 375, 12 Aug 1920, pp. 1-2; Danzig Constitution 1920, pp. 5-31) [1] |
| 15 Nov 1920 |
Danzig and its surrounding territory constitute a free city in accordance with a decision adopted by the Conference of Ambassadors of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in Paris on 27 Oct 1920, accepted by the representatives of Danzig on 9 Nov 1920, and effective from 15 Nov 1920 as fixed by Article II; Danzig is proclaimed a free state at the session of the Constituent Assembly (Verfassunggebende Versammlung) held in Danzig on 15 Nov 1920 (Danzig State Gazette, No. 1, 1 Jan 1921, pp. 11-13; Danziger Zeitung, No. 539, 16 Nov 1920, p. 1) |
| 15 Nov 1920 - 1 Sep 1939 |
Freie Stadt Danzig | Free City of Danzig |
| 30 Jun 1922 |
the Constitution of the Free City of Danzig (Verfassung der Freien Stadt Danzig) as amended, approved by the High Commissioner of the League of Nations on 11 May 1922 and confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations on 13 May 1922, is promulgated by the Senate (Senat) of the Free City of Danzig on 14 Jun 1922 and comes into operation upon publication on 30 Jun 1922 (Danzig Law Gazette, No. 30, 30 Jun 1922, p. 144; Danzig Constitution 1922, pp. 3-28) |
| 1 Sep 1939 |
the Free City of Danzig is unified with Germany in accordance with a law issued by the Gauleiter of Danzig acting in the capacity of head of state on 1 Sep 1939 (Danzig Law Gazette, No. 78, 1 Sep 1939, pp. 435-436) [2] |
| 1 Sep 1939 |
the law on the unification of the Free City of Danzig with Germany received the status of a German law in accordance with a law passed by the Reichstag of Germany on 1 Sep 1939 (promulgated on the same day, effective 1 Sep 1939) (Reichsgesetzblatt I, No. 155, 1 Sep 1939, pp. 1547-1548) [3] |
