Nowe

Nowe stands on the western side of the Vistula, where a fortified settlement and Franciscan house existed in the thirteenth century. The Teutonic Knights seized the town in 1308, and it later joined the Prussian Confederation against their rule. During the Thirteen Years' War the Polish siege of Nowe ended in February 1465, depriving the Order of its last stronghold on the Vistula's west bank. The castle became the seat of a Polish royal starosta, while the town's Gothic churches reflected its medieval past.