Nimpsch survived firestorm and pest. In 1642 the town hall was rebuilt. The slow rebuilding, with the help of immigrated Bohemians, was again stopped by several major fires, which destroyed the town hall and parts of the residence. After the extinction of the local Piasts in 1675 the counter-reformation obtained the tension-filled reestablishment of a Catholic commune. At the same time Nimptsch became a center of sacred music thanks to Protestant cantor Johann Heinrich Quiel. In 1742 it was annexed by Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany. In 1832 and 1846, Protestant and Catholic schools were built. In 1940, the Germans established a forced labour camp in the town, and in 1944 also the AL Nimptsch subcamp of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp, whose prisoners were mostly Poles. After the defeat of Nazi Germany Nimptsch passed again to Poland and the historic Polish name Niemcza was restored. The German inhabitants were expelled and the town was resettled with Poles, many of whom where themselves expelled from former eastern Polish territories, annexed by the Soviet Union. Also Greeks, refugees of the Greek Civil War, settled in Niemcza in the 1950s. The town was not destroyed in World War II. Of the three preserved historical buildings at that time the Renaissance octagon of the residence and the Catholic Church are decayed and demolished. The St. George church is preserved, as well as the late Baroque residential buildings on the market place (Rynek). The town suffered in the 1997 Central European flood. Population Cuisine The officially protected traditional foods from Niemcza (as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland) are various meat products, including kiełbasa niemczańska and kiełbasa galicjanka z Niemczy, two local types kiełbasa, szynka wieprzowa niemczańska, a local type of smoked ham, słonina marynowana z Niemczy, a local type of marinated słonina, and home-made Niemcza meat in pieces (mięso w kawałkach niemczańskie domowe), which consists of various types of meat, cut into pieces, marinated with spices, and seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic and herbs. Sports The local football team is Niemczanka Niemcza. It competes in the lower leagues. It was the first club of Niemcza native, Poland national football team player, Krzysztof Piątek. Notable people Friedrich von Logau Daniel Casper von Lohenstein Sigmar Wittig Jo Brauner Paweł Sibik Krzysztof Piatek Twin towns – sister cities See twin towns of Gmina Niemcza.