The Oliva Gate was built around 1660 during the fortification of the Hagelsberg. The properties now designated "Am Olivaer Tor" have been listed under this name since 1796. The street ran along the inside of the city fortifications at the Oliva Gate. Both its extent and its course changed multiple times - for example, part of the later Hansagasse originally belonged to this street.

The Rennerstift, built 1722-1729, was located here and functioned until its destruction in 1945. At the corner of Am Olivaer Tor and Hansaplatz stood the villa of the Senate President, also destroyed in 1945.

The most notable building here was arguably the Danzig City Hospital, remodeled and expanded before 1830 and again in 1847-48. The clock tower was erected during the second renovation. The hospital was demolished before 1911 to make room for the railway directorate building, which still stands there today. Chief physicians were: until 1830 Dr. Heinrich Sinogowitz; 1830 to autumn 1842 Dr. Wilhelm Baum (honorary citizen from 1832 for combating cholera); 1842 to 1853 Dr. Emil Friedrich Götz (honorary citizen from 1849 for the same reason). The capacity was considerable: in 1830 some 2,440 persons were treated, and in December 1830 alone there were 337 patients. In 1835, treatment cost one Taler per week for Danzig citizens, while non-residents had to pay 1.5 Taler.

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