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In the grounds of Ostróda, in the areas of today’s streets of Gizewiusza, Olsztyńska and Przemysłowa the first human settlements are built (so called grzybkowo – dołkowa culture).
In the area of present Sienkiewicza Street, on the hill by the catholic church a defensive settlement was built from the era.
On the shore of Drwęckie Lake a settlement is built. Nearby Ostróda, there are also graveyards from the times, among of others in Samborowo, Tyrowo and Zwierzewo.
The areas of the Drwęckie Lake is inhabited by the members of two strong tribal communities: the Pomezanie and Sasinowie.
In the area of Ostróda its missionary activity begins the Order of Cysters from Oliwa.
The beginning of intensive expansion of the Teutonic Order in Prussia. The Prussian lands were divided into parts governed by the Order. Ostróda and its areas was included into the govern of Dzierżgoń.
On an island in the delta of the river Drwęca, the Teutonic Knights build a wooden-earth watchtower. Around it a village starts to grow.
The village by river Drwęca becomes the seat of the Teutonic Administrator subject to the Governor of Dzierżgoń.
The Governor of Dzierżgoń, Luter von Brunszwik gives the village of Ostróda the town’s rights. The town’s name probably derives its name from Osterode am Harz in Germany, where most of the settlers came from.
During the rules of the Great Master of the Order, Dietrich von Altenburg, Ostróda becomes an independent Teutonic governing town, which rules over the castles of Działdowo and Nidzica.
The Governor Günther von Hohenstein begins the building of a red-brick castle in Ostróda. The building works last, with breaks, till 1380.
The army of a Lithuanian prince Kiejstut invade Ostróda. During the fights the wooden watchtower burnt and partially the brick castle.
The town is on fire. At that time, Ostróda is surrounded by walls and half-towers.
The building works of the castle finally completed. Ostróda is visited by the Great Master of the Order Ulryk von Jungingen, who checks the preparations for the war with Poland.
The Governor of Ostróda Gamrath von Pintzenau, along with the army of the town, fights and dies in the battle of Grunwald. After the battle, a Polish Prussian knight, Mikołaj of Durąg, conquers the castle and submits Ostróda to the army of Polish king Jagiełło.
Ostróda enters the Union of Prussian Towns (an organisation opposing the policy of the Teutonic Order) with its leader as Hans von Baysen also known as Jan Bażynski, a knight from Leszcz.
During the war, the armies of the Prussian Union fight against the Teutonic Order. The divisions of the confederates besiege the castle in Ostróda and after two days of struggle the castle is conquered. Soon, the Teutonic Knights win the castle back, which stays in their hands to the end of the war.
During the war between Poland and the Teutonic Knights, Ostróda is taken over by a Polish king and stays in Polish hands for a short time.
After the secularisation of the Teutonic Order and the Prussian homage, Ostróda becomes the seat of the duke’s administrator. The last governor of the Teutonic Knights and at the same time the first administrator was Quirin Schlick.
During the war between Poland and Sweden, the Swedish king Gustaw Adolf resides the castle of Ostróda. In the town regiments of infantry stay under the command of colonel Klitzing.
The town is governed by Jan Chrystian, a Piast from Silesia, the prince of Brzeg and Legnica. His wife princess Jadwiga dies in Ostróda, who was buried in the crypt of the church of St. Dominic Savio in Ostróda.
During the plague 51 inhabitants of the town die and in nearby Lubajny – 75 people. In the whole East Prussia the plague toll reached 250.000 people (almost every third inhabitant).
A great fire in the Ostróda destroyed over 160 houses and the town hall and the church. Four people die in the flames. The restoration of the town was sponsored by the King of Prussia till 1791.
Ostróda was visited by the Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte and a few dozen thousand soldiers along. The Emperor resided in the medieval castle until 1st April 1807.
Gustaw Gizewiusz becomes a pastor of the Polish evangelical church. G. Gizewiusz, a collector of folk songs, author of many scientific dissertations, the candidate for the Berliner Parliament, died suddenly in Ostróda in 1848.
Engineer Georg Jacob Steenke ceremonially opens the building process of the Ostróda-Elbląg channel.
The first barracks in Ostróda are built, so called Bergkaserne (today the area of Garnizonowa Street).
The catholic church at Sienkiewicza Street is built.
The railway is built, Ostróda welcomes the first train.
In Ostróda, in the printing house of Mr C. E. Salewski Mazurian Calendars are printed, known and bought in the whole Prussia.
During the rule of administrator Gustaw Adametz and the mayor Alberta Elwenspoeck, Ostróda enjoys its greatest time and development. New barracks are built, the town has now electricity, gas, water-pipe system and sewage system, new roads and streets are built.
A Masonic Society is formed under the name “On the way to the east” („Auf dem Weg zum Osten”); The Jews of Ostróda completed a synagogue.
The evangelic church at Sienkiewicza Street is built.
In Ostróda an airport is built which was dismantled after the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Hans Helmut Kirst, a worldwide known writer and the author of a series of novels "08/15", "The Night of Generals", "The Factory of officers" is born in Ostróda.
The Plebiscite on Warmia and Mazury. In Ostróda 8.207 votes for the East Prussia while only 17 for Poland.
During the “Crystal Night” the Nazi destroy the synagogue in Ostróda.
Ostróda has 19.949 inhabitants.
The Red Army enters Ostróda, where only 2000 inhabitants left. The Soviet soldiers burn the old town which will never return to its former shape.
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