 Polish brothers Mateusz and Jakub owned land near the Łasinka River (Łasin).In the year 1298, it was taken from them by the Country Master of the Teutonic Order Meinhard von Querfurt and given to Jan de Nemore, who founded the village of Łasin.Also in 1298, the town received German Magdeburg law city rights from the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights in which it was located.