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The beginnings of the settlement are connected with the customs house existing at the Pilica crossing, the development of the stronghold is connected with the Cistercian abbey, founded here in 1176-1177 by Casimir the Just. The abbey was founded in a place that is currently called Podklasztorze. The town obtained city rights in the mid-13th century, confirmed by Władysław the Elbow-high in 1308. A great event in the history of the town was the meeting that took place on June 20-23, 1318. At this meeting, the papal conditions were solemnly accepted and the restoration of the Kingdom of Poland was resolved. A request was sent to Pope John XXII to consent to the coronation of Władysław the Elbow-high. The bishop of Kujawy, Gerward, was sent as an embassy to Avignon. Sulejów was located on the trade route from Silesia and Greater Poland to Ruthenia. In 1410, the Cistercian abbey was one of the staging points of Polish troops led by Władysław Jagiełło to the fields of Grunwald. Destruction during the Swedish Deluge caused the city to fall. In 1819, the Cistercian monastery was dissolved, and Sulejów became a government city. In the years 1870-1927, Sulejów was deprived of city rights and was incorporated into the collective rural commune of Łęczno, and from 1912 it was a separate commune, but still without city rights. In 1927, Sulejów regained city rights, which contributed to its faster development. Sulejów City Council Another stagnation occurred after 1939. On September 4, 1939, the German Luftwaffe bombed Sulejów. As a result of war operations, Sulejów was destroyed in 80%, and over 2,000 inhabitants died under the rubble of houses and in camps. After World War II, the city was rebuilt. The main occupation for the inhabitants was still burning lime. In 1986, the Cistercians returned to the monastery.