Czluchow

Czluchow is a city within the vicinity of Gdansk Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with some 14,610 population. Czluchow has been the capital of Czluchow County within the Pomeranian Voivodeship in view that 1999. From 1975 to 1998 it was in Slupsk Voivodeship. By the beginning of the 13^th century Czluchow changed into a Slavic settlement beneath the overlordship of the Kingdom of Poland positioned on the intersection of exchange routes. In 1312 the Teutonic Knights bought the agreement for 250 silver marks from Nicholas of Poniec, a son of the voivod of Kalisz.

By 1323 it changed into used as a komturei by the crusaders and consisted of 3 aid buildings and the main fortress. The citadel changed into so nicely-advanced that Grand Master Heinrich von Dusemer granted the town Kulm law in 1348. After the defeat of the Order within the 13 Years' War, the metropolis become transferred to Poland inside the Second Peace of Thorn. Many Jews immigrated to the metropolis in a while, creating an enclosed Jewish quarter within the north of the town.