gm. Nowy Dwór Gdański, pow. nowodworski, woj. pomorskie

In 1550s, the land of the villages of Ostaszewo, Lubieszewo, Orłowo, Tuja, Leśniewo, and Stawiec was transferred to a family of Gdańsk burghers as a result of royal grants and bequests. In 1543, Michał Loitz erected a castle (residence) in the area of present day Chrobry and 3 Maja streets in Nowy Dwór. In 1554, he invited Dutch settlers to develop the surrounding areas that were destroyed by a flood in 1543. The lease contract was signed in 1561 by Michał's son, Hans Loitz. The lands of the villages of Żelichowo, Żelichowo - Cyganek, Neudorf, and Atendorf were added to the Loitz estate. In 1579, Nowy Dwór and the leased lands were transferred to Ernest Wejher. Ca. 1600, the village located by the Wejher residence was enlarged. In 1624, the leased lands of Nowy Dwór were transferred to Jacob Jacobsen, then to the Gembicki family, and then by a Seym decision, to the Polish king Jan III Sobieski and his heirs. In 1743, Nowy Dwór Gdański was inherited by Józefa Antonina Zamojska and the estate was managed by the order of the Kanoniczki Świeckie. In 1762, the castle area was divided into 40 plots. After the Partition of Poland, the Nowy Dwór estates were impounded by the Prussian state and converted into a "domain", which included 24 villages with the population of 7311. In 1889, the settlement received a town charter from the emperor Wilhelm. In 1920, Nowy Dwór was incorporated into the Free City of Danzig and the town became a seat of the county Krei Grosses Werder. The sources from 1776 mentioned the following Mennonite names: Allert, Bachler, Barg, Bestvader, Buhler, Konrad, Daniel, Doell, Fest, Friesen, Giesbrecht, Haage, Hensel, Claassen, Kliwer, Klingenberg, Cornelsen, Leben, Lemcke, Neufeldt, Neubauer, Oemsen, Penner, Schellenberg, Schirling, Stobbe, Walcke, Warkentin, Werner, Wiens, and Woelke. In 1818, Nowy Dwór was inhabited by 1694 residents, including 228 Mennonites.

Settlement layout - varied; the original layout disappeared as a result of transformation of the original estate into a colonial village and then, into a town.

The cultural landscape of the town is diverse; it was transformed already in the 19th century by the construction of the Stobbe factory and a train station in the eastern section of the village, and later, by the erection of a concert hall and a county office building. After 1945, the town underwent further urbanization and its old character was destroyed even more. Some examples of farming buildings have survived in the town suburbs, but the majority of them have been modified. Layouts of Dutch homesteads are still detectable. An arcaded house built by Peter Loeven at (14) Sikorskiego street has been taken down .

A building at Bałtycka 29 is a house from an angular Dutch homestead erected in the mid 19th century. It has a log structure with quoins covered by boards imitating Tuscan pilaster, a rafter - collar beam roof structure, sheet metal roofing, and a vertically boarded gable. The interior has a 2-bay layout with a rectangular large room and an L-shaped hallway, which separates 4 spaces by a cowshed wall. The gable wall has 3 axes and a 2-level gable with 3 axes at the bottom level and a single axis above. The frontal  elevation has 5 axes with an entrance in the 2nd axis. The building has been modified.
A building at Bałtycka 37 is a house from a longitudinal Dutch homestead erected in the mid 19th century. It has a log structure with boarded quoins, and a vertically boarded gable. The gable wall has 2 axes with a 3-axial gable and a rhomboidal skylight above. The southern elevation has 5 axes with an entrance in the 2nd axis.
A building at Gdanska 2 is a house from a Dutch homestead erected (rebuilt) in the 4th quarter of the 19th century on a high, stone underpinning. It has a log structure with quoins covered by boards imitating Tuscan pilaster, a vertically boarded pointing sill and a gable, a queen post - purlin roof structure, and a ceramic roof. The gable wall has 2 axes and a 2-level gable with 2 axes at the bottom; above, there is a skylight with a doubled triangular shape in the upper section. The frontal elevation has 5 axes with an entrance in the 2nd axis.
A building at Morska 74 is a house situated on the eastern side of the street, facing it with its gable. It was erected at the end of the 18th century and has a log structure with quoins covered by boards imitating Tuscan pilaster, vertically boarded gables, and a half-timbered, vertically boarded arcade (north side) supported by 6 posts. The interior has a 1.5-bay layout with the large room in the northeastern corner, a black kitchen in the large room bay, and a T-shaped, open on both sides hallway. The western elevation has 3 axes. The northern elevation has been modified and currently has 5 axes with covered windows in the western section and a centrally located arcade with an entrance between two wide windows.