Candle

One of the oldest cities in Poland. The first mention under 1198, as the capital of the Pomeranian princedom Gzhimislav from the Samborid dynasty (Sobeslavichi). With the advent of the Knights of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, Gdansk Pomerania became a key point of defense against them. The last surrendered to the order in 1309.

The Teutonic Order, around 1335, began to build a brick Komtur castle, historically unconnected with the Pomeranian city, and completed it in the region of 1350. The city of Shvets received Kulm city law in 1338.

The knights of the Swede are not mentioned in the order of the army at Grunwald, and it was the commander Heinrich von Plauen who was there who led the defense of Marienburg. During the Thirteen Years' War of 1454-1466 several times passed from hand to hand until, according to the Torun Peace of 1466, it was transferred to Polish rule, in the form of a legally fuzzy union. Only through the Union of Lublin in 1569 the city came under the direct control of the Polish crown.

Thanks to river trade, the city became rich, but during the Swedish “flood” of 1655 it was completely destroyed, and recovered only a few decades later.

In the first division of Poland in 1772 he passed to Prussia.

The city was subject to severe flooding until, after the devastating flood of 1858, it was moved to a new, higher place.

• Catholic church of Our Lady of Czestochow and St. Stanislav (Old Parish Church) of the 15th – 17th centuries - combines a number of architectural styles, from Gothic to Baroque. Construction began around 1400 and lasted for approximately 100 years. The Gothic altar, the central part of the church bears the features of the Renaissance, while the western tower is completed with unusual renaissance attics. The interior, mainly in the Baroque style, is currently quite modest. During the Second World War, during the liberation of the Soviet army, the church was badly damaged. Its reconstruction was only begun in 1983, completed in 1988. In 1990, a parish was created. The church was used during the filming of some scenes of the series "Four Tankers and a Dog."
• Bernardine Monastery with the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the XVII — XX centuries. One of the most valuable monuments of the city. Built in 1692-1720, a small church in the Rococo style, decorated in the reign of King Stanislav Augustus. The gate tower of the temple, built in 1800 and vaulted monasteries, leads to the monastery. The church has the image of the Virgin Mary, which was intended for the church in Gdansk, but when the ship approached the Candle and wanted to continue her journey, he could not sail due to the tide. They considered this sign miraculous, and decided to leave the image in the Church of the Svets. Since that time, the city has been protected by the Virgin Mary. The image that is in the church now is a copy - the original burned out during a fire. The monastery was closed in 1816.
• Catholic church of St. Andrzej Boboli 1892 - early XX century - a massive neo-Gothic church, originally built for Lutherans in 1891-1894. The city’s panorama is dominated by its two-headed tower, 46 meters high, the highest object of this type in Svec. The church can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, and even from some distance beyond. The neo-Gothic prevails in the interior, and part of the decoration moved here from the ruined church in the old city.
• city ​​walls with 6 towers and a fragment of the Helmin Gate 1375-1392.
• ruins of the Order Castle 2nd quarter of the 14th century, 2nd half of the 15th century. - Gothic, square in plan, originally with four corner towers, possibly modeled on the castles of the Rhine. The characteristic leaning tower (half-meter vertical deviation) is the highest of its kind in Poland.
• The town hall of 1870-1879 is a building in the northern part of the square, built of light brick in the Victorian style. The big clock tower towering above the square is attracting attention. The whole object is blank in such a way that resembles a fortified castle.
• mill with the house of the miller of 1860-1864.
• The building of the city detachment of 1880-1885.

• Lörke, Oscar (1884-1941) - one of the greatest German-speaking poets of the XX century, prose writer, literary critic.

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