Buk

Buk is an old town west of Poznań, once held by its bishops and cathedral clergy. A document of 1257 records the grant of the village and a town established on its lands to the cathedral's custodian. Craftsmen organised themselves into guilds: butchers, tailors and shoemakers were recorded in the fifteenth century. Buk also produced cloth, including black and grey varieties listed in 1508; the bishops of Poznań granted privileges to its clothmakers and confirmed their guild ordinances in the sixteenth century.