▁Polish - S wed ish ▁Wars . ▁In ▁a ▁nearby ▁battle ▁on ▁ 2 ▁September ▁ 1 6 5 7 , ▁the ▁Pol es ▁were ▁defeated ▁by ▁the ▁combined ▁troops ▁of ▁Brandenburg ▁and ▁Sweden ▁under ▁general ▁Jos ias ▁II , ▁Count ▁of ▁Wal deck - W ild ungen . ▁ ▁The ▁region ▁was ▁an nex ed ▁from ▁the ▁Polish - L ith uan ian ▁Commonwealth ▁by ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Pr uss ia ▁during ▁the ▁First ▁Part ition ▁of ▁Poland ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 2 . ▁T cz ew , ▁as ▁Dir schau , ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁newly ▁founded ▁Province ▁of ▁West ▁Pr uss ia . ▁During ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁Wars ▁and ▁the ▁Polish ▁national ▁liber ation ▁f ights ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁captured ▁by ▁Polish ▁troops ▁of ▁General ▁Jan ▁Henry k ▁D ą brow ski ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 7 , ▁but ▁became ▁Pr uss ian ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 5 . ▁It ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Empire ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁town ▁grew ▁rapidly ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁after ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁Pr uss ian ▁Eastern ▁Railway ▁line ▁connecting ▁Berlin ▁and ▁König s berg , ▁with ▁the ▁V ist ula ▁bridge ▁near ▁Dir schau ▁being ▁an ▁important ▁part . ▁ ▁Under ▁Pr uss ian ▁and ▁German ▁rule , ▁the ▁Polish ▁minor ity ▁suffered ▁from ▁forced ▁German ization ; ▁for ▁example ▁Pol es ▁were ▁denied ▁Polish ▁schools , ▁and ▁refused ▁to ▁teach ▁their ▁children ▁German . ▁The ▁German ▁official