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The town of Rügenwalde was destroyed in 1283 during a conflict between Wizlaw II and Mestwin II ( Polish: Mszczuj or Mściwój ).

In a chronicle of 1652, Matthäus Merian stated that the town had been destroyed by Bogislaw of Pomerania, when after Mestwin's II death in December 1294 the Duke Przemysŀ claimed the town for Pomeralia, as he had done already five years before, and could not be persuaded to peacefully give up his claim and to withdraw from there.

In a decisive battle of 1296, the Polish troops were beaten near the village of Buckow by a Pomeranian contingent led by duke Wizlaw of Rügen and count Adolph from Holstein.

The retreating Polish troops devastated the castle of Dirlow and the town once more.