Pruszcz Gdański is an industrial town neighbouring Gdańsk, part of the Tricity agglomeration.

Human settlement in Pruszcz Gdański dates back to prehistoric times.

Various traces of human settlement and cemeteries from the Bronze and Iron Ages and ancient Roman times were discovered during archaeological excavations within the modern town limits.

The territory became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century under its first historic ruler Mieszko I.

[2] During the subsequent Thirteen Years' War, it was the site of the Battle of Pruszcz Gdański between forces from the Polish-allied city of Gdańsk and the Teutonic Knights.

[3] Pruszcz was a possession of the city of Gdańsk, administratively located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in the Royal Prussia and Greater Poland provinces.

[4] Polish Kings often stopped in Pruszcz when travelling to the nearby city of Gdańsk.

[1] Unlike most of Eastern Pomerania, the town did not return to Poland after regaining independence, but was included in the short-lived Free City of Danzig by the Treaty of Versailles.