LIDZBARK
A city on the Urszulewska Plain, located on the Wel River and Lake Lidzbarskie Wielki, to the south. the edge of the Iława Lake District. The name of the city, unlike Lidzbark Warmiński, is sometimes given as Lidzbark Welski. The city is a popular tourist destination. It counts approx. 8400 inhabitant. The seat of the commune office. There is a furniture factory in the city, field, brickyard, tannery, dairy and building materials factory. The Lidzbark Welski Lovers Society and the Fire Service Museum operate here.
After 1138 r. it belonged to the land of Michałów, administered by prince Bolesław Kędzierzawy. W 1301 r. city location and parish erection.
W 1303 r. together with the land of Michałów it was taken over by the Teutonic Knights.
It was the seat of the Teutonic commune administrator – the prosecutor (Administrator's equivalent).
At the beginning of the 15th century. Lidzbark was surrounded by a defensive wall. 9 July 1410 r. Lidzbark was captured by the Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian army under the command of King Władysław Jagiełło during their expedition against the Teutonic Knights. Next 9-11 July 1410 r. the allied army deployed in camps between lakes Trzeinno and Chełst. After the Toruń Peace in 1466 r.
Lidzbark returned to Poland. W 1576 r. King Stefan Batory's visit was recorded, a w 1628 r. visit of the Swedish King Gustav Adolf. During the Swedish invasion, in November 1655 r. Lidzbark was seized by the Swedish army led by King Charles X Gustav. The Swedes destroyed the city, which started its regression. W 1772 r., as a result of the first partition of Poland, Lidzbark was incorporated into the Prussian partition. In years 1807-15 belonged to the Duchy of Warsaw, and then to Prussia. W 1887 r. a railway line to Działdowo and Brodnica was launched, which influenced the economic recovery of the city. W 1920 r. Lidzbark returned to Poland.
1-5 September 1939 r. in the vicinity of the city, Polish soldiers from the Nowogródek Cavalry Brigade led by Gen.. Władysław Anders.
Parish Church. pw. st. Wojciech, brick and plastered, stylish, single-nave, built on the site of the former Teutonic castle in the 15th century, rebuilt after a fire in 1746 r.
Evangelical Church of. Living Jesus, built in 1829 r. Next to the cave made of stones, built in 1945 r.
Municipal and Communal Public Library (ul. Castle). Built in a 14th-century castle tower adapted for this purpose. In the vicinity, fragments of the castle walls.
Community Museum of Firefighting (New Market Square 18), founded in 1972 r. There are documents and exhibits showing the activities of the fire brigade in the city and its vicinity. The most interesting are motor pumps, sikawki, alarm equipment, uniforms and decorations. The firefighters also conduct a brass band known for its high artistic level.
In the Roman Catholic cemetery there is an obelisk dedicated to firefighters who died during World War II. Jewish cemetery (ul. Zieluńska), neglected, Few tombstones have survived.
Lake Lidzbarskie Wielkie, gutter, about the area 121,8 ha, length 3500 m, width 470 m, maximum depth 25,5 m.