Młynary

Gothic Saint Peter's church

The town was founded in the 14th century. A document from 1338 specifies the rules of judicial settlement of potential disputes between people of the town's three main ethnic groups: Poles, Old Prussians and Germans.[2]

In 1440, the town joined the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation, at the request of which King Casimir IV Jagiellon signed the act of incorporation of the region to the Kingdom of Poland in 1454,[3] an event that sparked the Thirteen Years’ War (1454–1466). In 1455 the town was briefly captured by the Teutonic Knights and the town's mayor was drowned by them in retaliation. After the peace treaty signed in Toruń in 1466, the town became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights.[4]

In 1628 the town was captured and occupied by the Swedes.[5] In 1773, a year after the First Partition of Poland, the 52nd Fusilier Regiment of Prussia was located in the town. During the Napoleonic Wars, in 1807 French troops entered the town and stayed over a year.[5]

Between 1871 and 1945 the area was part of Germany (province of East Prussia). After World War II the region became again part of Poland by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Most Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.

Historic Polish names of the town, other than Młynary, were also Młyny and Miluza.[2]

Młynary is located at the intersection of the Voivodeship roads 505 and 509, and the Polish Expressway S22 runs nearby, northwest of the town.

The local football club is Syrena Młynary.[6] It competes in the lower leagues.

• Maciej Płażyński, Polish politician