Rawa Voivodeship
Gąbin was first mentioned in 1215, but a Slavic gord existed here long before that date, as in 1920, a coin minted by first Polish King Boleslaw Chrobry was found in the market square. Gąbin probably received town charter in 1322, or perhaps earlier; in 1437 the charter was confirmed and expanded. Until the mid-15th century, it was part of the Duchy of Mazovia, and in 1462, it became seat of a county in Gostynin Land, Rawa Voivodeship, Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown. It was a royal town of the Polish Crown. In the period known as Polish Golden Age, Gąbin was famous for its cloth makers, it also was the seat of a starosta. Local merchants traded with the main Polish port city of Gdańsk, to which they sold grain, and from which they bought salt, fish, and foreign liquors. In the late 15th century the local parish priest was Maciej Drzewicki, future archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland.