History of Pszczyna

o the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The new state was expanded to enclose fifty villages and four towns (including Bieruń, Mysłowice, and Mikołów), and was sworn allegiance by another 27 vassal villages.

The Thurzo family were in close relations with Polish King Zygmunt Stary. Bona Sforza stayed for a night on her way her the marriage in Kraków with Zygmunt Stary (1518). Thurzo's possessions were dissolved over time (stripped of Mysłowice in 1536) and eventually, the land of Pszczyna was purchased by Balthasar von Promnitz (pl), bishop of Wrocław, under a special regulation that the land shall be further divided.

Late Modern period

Pszczyna was ravaged and pillaged during the Thirty Years' War. During the War of Austrian succession, the The Kingdom of Prussia clashed with Habsburg Empire for Silesia and Frederick The Great, the king of Prussia, seized Silesia under the agreement of 1742. The town was pillaged again during the Seven Years' War. Shortly afterwards, the last Promnitz gave the land to his nephew, Frederic Erdmann.

The next landowners of Erdmann's line, the Anhalts, had governed up to the half of the 19th century, when the rights changed again to the person of Jan Henryk X from the powerful Hochberg family who held extensive lands around present-day Wałbrzych. The Hochbergs had reached a great prominence and wealth in the 19th century.

At the beginning of the 20th century, over 80 percent of population spoke Polish language. When World War I erupted, the Hochbergs lent the estate to the German state for the military purpose. The German chief of staff hold his headquarters in the castle of Pszczyna.

After the war ended, in the emerging conflict between the newly established Second Polish Republic and the Weimer Republic (Germany) struggled for control over the region. Jan