History of torun
Among others Toruń is known for its long and stormy history. In 1231 founded by theTeutonic Order rapidly became the biggest city in the state. It developed into a resilient trade centre of Hanseatic League within a short period of time. Toruń played an important economic and political role in the whole Teutonic State. Nevetherless its people who in majority were of German origin in 1454 started the Polish-Teutonic Thirteen Year War and eventually chose the rule of the Polish kings.
Excluded from the leading position by the Baltic city - Gdańsk, Toruń was able to become a very important centre of culture and science in the age of the Reformation and Renaissance. Then it was Toruń where an international important events of religious and political matters took place.
In the 17th and 18th centuries the mainly German Protestant population lived here side by side with the mainly Polish Catholic inhabitants. The contacts resulted in many conflicts. In 1724 a row between the Protestant population and Catholic student of Jesuit college occurred. The outcome of the "Toruń Tumult" captivated the public and politicians' opinion of half of Europe of that time, from Prussia to England…