The fort was designed to defend a hill, the capture of which by the enemy would have been threatened by artillery fire from the southern part of the then Gdańsk, including the warehouses on Granary Island. It was built in several stages, with many changes to the design, between 1843 and 1868.
The Jesuit Rampart was to be the first of nine forts of the planned but unrealized Gdańsk ring fortress system. The history of its use is poorly known. It was probably occupied by the Germans until the demilitarization of the Gdańsk fortress in 1920. During the fighting in 1945, the crusader redoubt was completely destroyed. In 1975, a telecommunications mast was erected on the rampart, which stood on the Rampart until 2012. In 2014, the fort was leased to the "Cruiseriders North" motorcycling association. On September 3, 2014, a section of the fort's retaining wall collapsed at Kolonia Anielinki Street. Its reconstruction began in December of the same year.