In 1618, the village of Schwente in West Prussia had 20 � cultivated farms (Hufe). From these farms were paid a tax of 26 Floren and 15 Groschen. Additionally 1 Floren 15 Groschen were paid by 3 non-cultivated farms, 8 Groschen by 2 farmers and 4 Groschen by a business enterprise.

Until the year 1725, the village of Schwente had only Polish inhabitants and until 1751 only a Polish mayor [Schulz]. However, the village suffered terribly in the third Swedish War from 1700 to 1721; this war was also called the Big Nordic War in German or the Great Northern War in English. The village also suffered from the plague epidemic of 1709 to 1711. Since few of the original Polish settlers remained, the landowners of Flatow brought in German settlers.

To accommondate the German setllers, Schwente was divided into two villages: a German one and the Polish one. There was already a Polish mayor so an additional mayor was appointed [Freischulze] for the German settlers. Thus Schwente was an exceptional case in that German and Polish inhabitants each had their own mayor.

The first German mayor [Freischulze] was David Wenske (Wenski). He got a paper that documented the lasting rights and duties as Freischulze (Privilegium) from the brothers Joseph and Augustin Dzialynski, on 4 January 1732.

Martin Wenski lost his life on 14 December 1829 through an unhappy incident. He was about to shoot a partridge and due to carelessly handling the rifle he shot himself. As a result of the agreement on inheritance (Erbrezess), from 11 August 1831 Samuel Wenski got the estate. Later it passed to his son-in-law Eduard Welke (born 1826, died 1904).

The estate of the Polish mayor [Freischulze] was established in 1707 by Valentin Marczynski. The Polish mayoral estate got a paper that documented its lasting rights and duties (Privilegium) on 2 August 1751 by Augustin Dzialynski.. That year it passed into German hands for 2050 Tympf. The mayor [Freischulze] became Martin Remus; his spouse was Katharina née Nitz.

Essentially, the Privilegium for Schwente N� 1 was similar to the one of the German mayor of Schwente N� 2. The mayor [Freischulze] for Schwente N� 1 had the duty to place Germans on the non-cultivated farms (Hufe) and he was not obligated to any service towards the estate owners and didn�t have to place his horse-drawn vehicle to their disposal.

Freischulze Martin Remus was followed by Christoph Remus who died in 1777, then Franz Remus who sold the estate to the inspector of the Flatow estates, Johann Eduard Münzer, on 24 March 1796 for 3333 Taler. Münzer sold it on 21 April 1804 to the Ritterschaftsrat von Gerhard of Flatow for the same price. From Herr von Gerhard the Polish mayoral estate was purchased by Gottlieb Remus, innkeeper from Schmirdau. On 13 October 1806 Polish mayoral estate passed into possession of the tenant Johann Kleinschmidt from Redel near Pretzin for 7500 Taler. Other owners were: Karl Ludwig Kleinschmidt, then Daniel Siegfried Kleinschmidt from 1 June 1822; Johann Medewitz from 14 October 1834; and from 1836 Daniel Siegfried Kleinschmidt again.