Lubawa

Lubawa is a town in the Warmian Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. It is placed in Ilawa County on the Sandela River, some 18 km southeast of Ilawa. In 1214 the local Prussian landlord Surwabuno was christened with the aid of Christian of Oliva, the first Catholic bishop of Prussia. The latter is in recent times featured on the coat of palms of Lubawa. The city turned into first cited in a papal bull of January 18, 1216, issued with the aid of Pope Innocent III. Soon afterwards a wooden fort became constructed. Within the monastic country of the Teutonic Knights, the Bishopric of Culm changed into created in 1243 with the aid of William of Modena. In 1257 the city became assets of the church and the seat of the bishops of Culm.

In 1268 the fortress turned into destroyed. Between 1301 and 1326 a brand new fortress turned into constructed of stone via the neighborhood bishop named Arnold. In 1330 it became destroyed by an invasion of Lithuanian forces of Gediminas, but changed into rebuilt. The metropolis of Lobau was captured with the aid of the Kingdom of Poland after the Battle of Grunwald in 1410 but lower back to Prussia once the Polish Lithuanian Teutonic War ended. However the encompassing Land of Lobau had gone partly to Masovia within the south.