Lublin is one of the oldest settlements in Poland. The beginnings of settlement in the city dates back to the sixth century, when it developed a village situated on a hill Thursday (named after the day of the fair).
The castle hill in the X century, a defensive structure, made of wood, then a brick, which in the twelfth century, was named Castellan. Close to Old Town Hill founded the city. For the first time the city rights under the Magdeburg Law Lublin received probably the time of Boleslaw the Chaste about 1257. In 1341, Casimir III the Great suffered near Lublin victory over the Tatars, and a year later gave the city another location privilege, so-called. regulatory, under which the city was surrounded by walls. In 1474, Casimir IV established here the capital of the newly created province of Lublin, extracted from the Sandomierz.
In the centuries XV - XVI city flourished through the trade route from the Black Sea to Western Europe, resulting in a beautiful old town of Lublin. In 1569 in Lublin, Lublin union concluded. In the mid-seventeenth century, Lublin was destroyed by wars (Cossack raids, the Swedish army) and epidemic (five thousand. Victims of the plague in 1630).
Lublin is one of the oldest settlements in Poland. The beginnings of settlement in the city dates back to the sixth century, when it developed a village situated on a hill Thursday (named after the day of the fair).
The castle hill in the X century, a defensive structure, made of wood, then a brick, which in the twelfth century, was named Castellan. Close to Old Town Hill founded the city. For the first time the city rights under the Magdeburg Law Lublin received probably the time of Boleslaw the Chaste about 1257. In 1341, Casimir III the Great suffered near Lublin victory over the Tatars, and a year later gave the city another location privilege, so-called. regulatory, under which the city was surrounded by walls. In 1474, Casimir IV established here the capital of the newly created province of Lublin, extracted from the Sandomierz.
In the centuries XV - XVI city flourished through the trade route from the Black Sea to Western Europe, resulting in a beautiful old town of Lublin. In 1569 in Lublin, Lublin union concluded. In the mid-seventeenth century, Lublin was destroyed by wars (Cossack raids, the Swedish army) and epidemic (five thousand. Victims of the plague in 1630).