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After their dissolution, residents of the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz were incorporated into the Habsburg Monarchy. One of the expenses of the Habsburg monarchy during their 16th-century wars against the Ottoman Empire was leasing Gleiwitz to Friedrich Zettritz. Zettritz agreed to pay fourteen thousand thalers for 500 years of use. The original lease for the construction of Freiburg lasted from 1365 to 1843. This was renewed in 1380 for ten years, followed by another renewal in 1409, finally expiring in 1589. It’s believed that the Reformed Franciscans came from Kraków in 1612 and built their monastery, then the church – which survived some of the most destructive fightings during the Thirty Years’ War. In 1645, the area returned to Poland under the House of Vasa, but in 1666 it was taken over by Austria again. Two hundred years ago, in 1683, King John III Sobieski of Poland stopped in Vienna before the Battle of Vienna. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the city’s economy switched from trading and brewing beer to clothmaking. This switch eventually led to an economic collapse that lasted until Soviish Wars, after which time it ultimately hit back to beer brewing.

During the mid-18th century, Gleiwitz was taken from the Habsburg monarchy by Prussia along with the majority of Silesia. Gleiwitz, currently in the Polish province of Silesia, was administered by Prussia in 1816. Prussia and part of Germany were incorporated into the German Empire in 1871, which led to the establishment of Gleiwitz. It became an urban district in 1897.