In 1346, on Warmian land, the forest was
cleared at a location on the Alle (Alna river), now Łyna River, for a new
settlement in Prussian Warmia. The following year, Teutonic Knights began the
construction of an Ordensburg-type castle as a stronghold against the Old
Prussians, and the settlement of Allenstein was first mentioned the following
year. The German-language name Allenstein meant a castle on the Alle River, and
the settlement became known in Polish-language transliteration as Olsztyn. The
settlement received municipal rights from Johannes von Leysen on 31 October
1353, and the castle was
