Province of Upper Silesia
In 1593 Rudolf II sold the castle and the area to Freiherr von Redern auf Groß Strehlitz. It was owned by Joseph von Eichendorff from 1791 to 1797. Like many other areas in Silesia, the Toszek area was subjected to Germanisation when the Silesian dukes became independent from Poland. Tost burned down on 18 August 1677, and was looted in 1807. From 1742, the town belonged to Prussia and from 1871 was also part of Germany. Administratively, it was part of the Tost-Gleiwitz district in the Province of Silesia. It became part of the Province of Upper Silesia in 1919, close to the Polish border. According to the German census of 1871, the town had a population of 1,775, of which 900 (50.7%) were Poles. On 20 March 1921, the Upper Silesia plebiscite was held in which a majority of inhabitants voted to remain in Germany rather than join Poland (1348 or 86% vs. 217 or 13.8%, at 97.4% turnout). During Kristallnacht, the Jews of Toszek were sent to concentration camps, where later they were all murdered.