History
The town was founded in 1185 by Sobieslaw I, Duke of Pomerania. In the year 1266 the settlement is mentioned as a fortess place.. In 1282 the Franciscan monks settled down here. In 1301 Nowe came into possession of Peter Swienca.
In 1465 the Teutonic Knights, during the Thirteen Years' War between the Order and the Kingdom of Poland, lost the town as their last stronghold on the west bank of river Vistula. The region became part of Poland. In 1772, after the Partitions of Poland, the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia.
Up to the end of World War I Neuenburg belonged to Kreis Schwetz in the administrative district of Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder in the Province of West Prussia of the German Reich. When in 1920 the regulations of the Treaty of Versailles became effective, and the Polish Corridor was installed on German territory, the town was integrated into the Second Republic of Poland. Over the period 1939–1945 Neuenburg belonged to Germany's Third Reich. Short before the end of World War II, Neuenburg was occupied by the Red Army. After the end of war, the town was put under administration of the People's Republic of Poland.
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