Editing Chojnice (section)

===State of the Teutonic Order (1309–1466)===
In 1309, the [[Teutonic Knights]] took over the town, and Chojnice became part of the [[State of the Teutonic Order]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://extraswiecie.pl/historia/kiedy-nie-pomogly-machiny-miotajace-krzyzacy-postawili-szubienice |title=Kiedy nie pomogły machiny miotające, Krzyżacy postawili szubienice |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> Under [[Winrich von Kniprode]] the defensive capabilities and inner structures of the town were improved considerably. Around the middle of the 14th century the stone church of St. John was built. At the same time the [[Augustinians]] from the town of [[Stargard Szczeciński|Stargard]] in [[Duchy of Pomerania|Pomerania]] settled in the town; they opened their monastery in 1365. Textile production flourished, and between 1417 and 1436 Konitz became an important centre for textile production.

During the [[Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War]], in 1410, the town was briefly occupied by Polish troops. In 1440 the town joined the [[Prussian Confederation]], which opposed Teutonic rule,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Górski|first=Karol|title=Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych|year=1949|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|location=[[Poznań]]|language=pl|page=XXXVII}}</ref> however, it later left the organisation. In 1454 King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] re-incorporated the territory to the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]], and the townspeople overthrew the pro-Teutonic town council in attempt to join Poland, however the council with the Teutonic Knights recaptured the town shortly after.<ref name=mb>{{cite magazine|last=Biskup|first=Marian|year=2014|title=Oblężenie i odzyskanie Chojnic przez Polskę w r. 1466|magazine=Zeszyty Chojnickie|language=pl|location=Chojnice|publisher=Chojnickie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk|issue=29|page=15}}</ref> On 18 September 1454 the Polish army led by King Casimir IV Jagiellon lost the [[Battle of Chojnice (1454)|Battle of Chojnice]]. During the subsequent [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)|Thirteen Years' War]] there were attempts of the townspeople to resist the Teutonic Knights.<ref name=mb/> Shortly before the end of the war the troops of the Teutonic Order, led by [[Bethe|Captain Kaspar Nostitz von Bethe]], surrendered the town in 1466 to the Polish army led by [[Piotr Dunin]], after a three-month siege,<ref name=cm/> as the last Teutonic-held town in [[Gdańsk Pomerania]].<ref name=mb19>Biskup, p. 19</ref>