the next year it was captured by the Poles. In 1635, peace negotiations between Poland and Sweden took place in the town. In 1655 it was captured again by the Swedes. In 1659 it was besieged by Sweden again, but this time without success. It was the location of "The Great Sleigh Drive", a military operation in 1678. In 1688 a horse post service connecting Marienburg (Malbork) with Königsberg (Kaliningrad) was led through the town. Between 1758 and 1762 it was under Russian occupation. In 1807 it was captured by Napoleonic troops. French troops were stationed in the town in 1807 and 1812. In 1818 Preußisch Holland became the seat of the district or county (landkreis) of the same name. In 1831 the town suffered a flood. Part of the Kingdom of Prussia since 1701, it became part of the German Empire in 1871. Following the defeat of Germany in the First World War and the Versailles Treaty the town remained the seat of Landkreis Preußisch Holland within Weimar Germany's exclave East Prussia. With the arrival of the Red Army on January 23, 1945, and the end of the war, Preußisch Holland became part of the People's Republic of Poland. It was handed over to Polish administration on June 1, 1945 and renamed to the historic name Pasłęk on 7 May 1946. The remaining ethnic Germans were expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement in several transports within the following year, e.g. 149 people on 4 September and 89 on 4 October 1947. A transport of 80 children from an orphanage, many of them survivors of the Grünhagen railway accident or wartime evacuees, left in May 1947. As of 1950, 373 pre-war inhabitants lived in the area, a number reduced to 20 in 1958. The town was repopulated by Poles, many of whom displaced from the former eastern territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. In 1969, the "Pasłęczanka" Housing Cooperative was founded, which built the "Osiedle Ogrodowa" district. In 1975 an economic and technical school was opened. Sights Among the historic heritage of Pasłęk are: medieval town walls with the Stone Gate (Brama Kamienna) and Mill Gate (Brama Młyńska) Gothic town hall (Ratusz) Gothic St. Bartholomew Church Pasłęk Castle Renaissance Saint George church Water tower Gothic Revival Church of the Nativity of Mary Old townhouses Transport The Polish S7 expressway (highway), which is part of European route E77,