Trails in the Silesian and Opole Provinces

Praszka is a town in the Olesno district, in the Praszka municipality, of which it is the seat, located on the Prosna river. Historically, Praszka belongs to the Wieluń land. The first mentions of the settlement date back to 1260, and Praszka received town rights in 1392. In the 15th century, the town's population was engaged in smelting iron from bog ore. The decline of the town occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries as a result of wars. After the Second Partition of Poland, the town found itself under Prussian rule, and in the years 1807–1815 in the Duchy of Warsaw, and then within the borders of the Kingdom of Poland. During the January Uprising on April 11, 1863, a skirmish took place between the insurgents and the Russian troops, known as the battle of Praszka. In 1945, Praszka was liberated by the Red Army from the Nazi occupation. The town found itself within the borders of the Polish state after the end of World War II. Among the town's monuments there is a 19th-century synagogue, serving as a cultural center, a Jewish cemetery, as well as a regional museum, a water tower, and the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.