On September 27, 1331, in the fields near Płowce, the army of Władysław the Elbow-high fought a great battle with the Teutonic Order's army. The religious army was commanded by: the great marshal Dietrich von Altenburg and the Chełm commander Otto von Luterberg (commander-in-chief). In this army there were also the Teutonic Knights and guests from Western Europe, with a group of about 100 people of the English knights. There were also such outstanding religious knights as the Elblag Commander of Herman von Oetting, the Gdansk Commander Albrecht von Ore, the Grand Commander Otto von Bonsdorf and the Henryk Reuss von Plauen Commander of the Baligian. The presence of so many high nuns and guests may indicate at least two facts: that this expedition was not local, and secondly, that it must have been a fairly large army. It is assumed that it consisted of about 2,000 cavalry (including about 200 heavy-duty Teutonic brothers, 100 heavy-armed secular knights, the rest were light armed units), roughly 2,000 horse-drawn squires, and 2,000 peasant Prussian population. The whole monastic army numbered about 7,000 people.
Bishop Włocławek Maciej founded the chapel in the 14th century on the battlefield. The battle began to be remembered in Poland in the 19th century. Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz wrote about it in Historical Songs after he visited the battlefield in 1817. At his command, a memorial inscription was also engraved on a stone plaque on the battlefield. In 1881, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski published Jelita's novel about the battle, based on the message of Długosz. In 1927, a committee was established to prepare the celebration of the 600th anniversary of the battle, whose efforts by the society of southern Kujawy raised until 1933 in Płowce a 20-meter mound. In the years 1941-1944, the mound was destroyed by the Germans, who also destroyed the monuments on the plaque of Niemcewicz from the 19th century (the plaque itself was hidden from destruction). In 1961, a new small monument was erected on the site of the battle.

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