Preußisch Holland's History |
| 1288 - The Landowner,
Meinhard, of Querfurt began the building of the Dams of the Weichsel River. He took
specialists from Holland for this. These people founded the city, Preußisch-Holland. 1319 - The German Order built a castle here. 1534 - A school for Latin was built. 1545 - A fortress was built 16th and 17th century - French, Scots and Mennonites immigrated to the area from the Netherlands. 1635 - In the Bartholomäus Church, the peace treaty of the first Swedish-Polish War was constructed. 1714 - The first Garnision was built 1807 - Marshall Bernadotte had his Headquarters here. 1833 - The first newspaper. 1939 - Pr. Holland (polish: Paslek) had 6345 inhabitants. It is the birthplace of Joachim Friedrich Henkel |