Miastko

Miastko, known in German as Rummelsburg, lies inland in Pomerania. Documents mention the settlement in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when it was held as a fief by the von Massow family. In 1616–1617 its inhabitants rebelled against their lords, and in 1617 Miastko received town rights. It remained unfortified, however, and fires in 1628 and 1657 destroyed many buildings; a further fire in 1719 devastated almost the whole town. Disputes with the Massows continued into the eighteenth century and were settled by a court judgment in 1781. Textile and woodworking industries grew from the middle of that century, building on the town's earlier cloth-making tradition.