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Toszek
Toszek Castle
Coat of arms
Toszek
Coordinates: 50°27′N 18°31′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Gliwice
Gmina	Toszek
City rights	about 1235
Government
- Mayor	Jacek Zarzycki
Area
- Total	9.67 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	3,822
- Density	395.2/km2 (1,023.7/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	44-180
Car plates	SGL
Website	http://www.toszek.pl/

Toszek [ˈtɔʂɛk] (German: Tost) is a town in Poland, in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, with 4,000 inhabitants.

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The beginning of the settlement and fortified keep is dated in the 9th and 10th centuries when the area was ruled by the Piasts, Mieszko I of Poland and later Bolesław I the Brave[1].

The fortified keep had grown to the size of a town during the rule of Duke of Wrocław Bolesław Wysoki and during his rule it received city rights in 1235. After 1281 it became the seat of the regional Duchy and title of local ruler Bolesław was "the enlightened Bolesław, Duke of Toszek".

In the 14th century the original Piast settlement passed to the Habsburgs. In 1536, the city received Magdeburg rights from KingFerdinand I

 (later Emperor). In 1593 Rudolf II sold the castle and the area to Freiherr von Redern auf Groß Strehlitz. It was owned byJoseph von Eichendorff

 from 1791 to 1797.