[2] Following the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included in the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw.

After its dissolution in 1815, it was reannexed by Prussia, and following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the town.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was under German occupation.

The leaders of the local unit of the Narodowa Organizacja Bojowa organization were arrested by the Germans in October and November 1941, and then sentenced to death and executed the following year.

[2] The town's most notable sports club is Lipno Stęszew with football and field hockey sections.