In the Middle Ages, an important trade route ran through Toszek from
Krakow to Wroclaw, hence many houses in the city were situated along this road.
In the 17th century, Toszek belonged to the few towns of the Opole-Racibórz principality, which had preserved defensive walls. Two town gates led to the town: eastern - Pyskowicka and southern - Strzelecka. The gates were of great importance in the fortification system, acting as an entrance to the city, they had to ensure its defense at the same time. We can assume that their shape did not differ significantly from the type of city gate characteristic for the 16th century - "a rectangular gate tower". Part of the defensive walls along with the gates was pulled down in 1767, and the stone was used to build a new, brick town hall.
The town had wooden buildings, back in 1787: out of 137 houses, only 5 were covered with tiles, and the rest with shingles.
The central square of the city was the market square, which initially had a commercial function, and then, along with the development of the independence of the city council, it gained more and more importance. There were benches and stalls - stalls where craftsmen and merchants displayed their goods. In Toszek, there were certainly baker's, butcher's, shoemaker's, tailor, blacksmith and salt benches on the market, because representatives of these crafts lived and worked in the city, e.g. in 1534 there were 26 shoemakers.
The most important building on the market square was the town hall as the seat of the municipal authorities. Silesian town halls were distinguished by their shape - the building was usually built on a rectangular plan, and the most important feature of the building was a tall tower on a square plan, adjacent as a separate fragment. A similar building was located in the Toszek market square, although we have information about the two-story brick town hall only from 1767.
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