 Upon the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, Przedecz was occupied by Prussian forces and incorporated into the South Prussia province; it passed to the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 and to Russian Congress Poland in 1815.From about 1824, a Protestant church was built by German settlers on the ruins of the medieval castle.The present town hall, a Neoclassical building, was erected in 1826.