Szubin

Szubin stands on the Gąsawka in the Pałuki region of Greater Poland. A settlement beside the Pałuka family's castle was recorded in 1365, and it became a town in 1434. It was a privately owned noble town, later held by families including the Mycielskis and Opalińskis, and received renewed privileges in 1645 and 1750.

Prussia annexed Szubin in 1773 during the partitions of Poland. It became part of the Duchy of Warsaw after the Greater Poland uprising of 1806, then returned to Prussia in 1815. These changes brought successive administrations to a small town whose earlier history was tied to noble ownership and local privileges.