A grammar school was founded in the town in the 16th century.

In 1840, a Baptist church was founded in the town.

He also founded a public bath, a paper mill and the first brewery in the town.

John of Monmouth later endowed it to the hospital he founded in the town.

He also founded a bank in the town, where he worked until 1890.

It was one of the first churches founded in the town when settlement began after the Revolution.

Between 1077 and 1095 the Catholic monastery was founded in the town.

The Baptists founded the third oldest church in the town in 1852.

The name of the town is that of the two brothers who founded a village in the town.

It was founded in 1897 in the town of Savonlinna.