Białobork

Białobór, also known as Baldenburg, grew at a crossroads in the lake country of Pomerania. The Teutonic Order built a fortification here, and in 1382 the settlement received town rights under Chełmno law. A great fire halted its early growth in 1408. Polish forces recovered it during the Thirteen Years' War, and the peace of 1466 confirmed it as part of Poland. Fishing, farming and local crafts supported the town, which became a centre of clothmaking from the sixteenth century.