Stare Szkoty
{{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 = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag icon|Poland}} Poland
|subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
|subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
|subdivision_type2 = County/City
|subdivision_name2 = Gdańsk
|coordinates = {{coord|54|20|6|N|18|38|6|E|region:PL|display=it}}
|pushpin_map = Poland
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = 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,{{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}} 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 of the Kingdom of Poland.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.