Sławno

Sławno, historically known in German as Schlawe, is a Pomeranian town inland from the Baltic coast. In 1317 the Święca brothers granted New Sławno town rights under Lübeck law, distinguishing it from the older settlement to the north. Trade, crafts, farming and fishing supported its inhabitants, and town walls later enclosed the streets.

During the later Middle Ages and early modern period, Sławno formed part of a Pomeranian world of towns, dukes and rural estates. The Reformation changed religious life, and the Thirty Years' War disrupted the wider region. Later Brandenburg-Prussian rule placed the town in a different territorial state, while its markets and crafts continued to serve the surrounding country.