Tuchola

Tuchola lies near the forests of northern Poland. The town was mentioned in 1287 and came under the Teutonic Order in 1330. In 1346 it received Chełmno law; its walls, castle and church formed a fortified centre in Pomerelia.

Tuchola joined the Prussian Confederation against the Order in 1440 and returned to Polish rule during the Thirteen Years' War. The peace of 1466 ended the Order's claims, and the town became a royal administrative centre in Royal Prussia. Swedish forces besieged the town and castle repeatedly during the war of 1655–1660. Prussia annexed Tuchola in 1772, and a fire destroyed much of the town in 1781.