Sołtyń

Sołtyń was a fishing settlement by Lake Myślibórz on a route from Silesia and Greater Poland towards the Oder. A town later grew here under the name Soldin, becoming an important centre of the Neumark. The Templars acquired the lake and surrounding lands in 1234 and transferred their holdings to the margraves of Brandenburg in 1261. Courts, noble assemblies and markets met at Soldin, whose weights and measures were used across the region. Hussite forces destroyed the town in 1433; Küstrin later displaced it as the principal seat of the Neumark.