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Inowroclaw

Inowroclaw ([], (sometimes Jungbreslau, from 1904 until 1945 Hohensalza) is a town in northern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
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According to the 2004 Census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
estimate the town has a total population of 77,641. Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland into which Poland is now divided. It is situated in mid-northern Poland, on the boundary between the two historic regions from which it takes its name: Kuyavia and Pomerania ....
since 1999, Inowroclaw was previously in the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

Bydgoszcz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship....
(1975-1998). Inowroclaw is an industrial town located about 40 km southeast of Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda River and Vistula rivers, with a population of 360,142 , agglomeration more than 400 000, which makes it the 8th biggest city in Poland....
known for its saltwater baths and salt mine

Salt mine

A salt mine is an operation involved in the mining of edible salt from rock salt or halite, a type of evaporite deposit. Areas known for their salt mines include Khewra in Pakistan, Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wieliczka and Bochnia in Poland, Hallstatt and Salzkammergut in Austria, de:Rheinberg#Infrastruktur und Wirtschaft in Germany,...
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Inowroclaw ([], (sometimes Jungbreslau, from 1904 until 1945 Hohensalza) is a town in northern Poland

Poland

Census

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

Bydgoszcz

Salt mine

History

1185 first mentioned
12th century fighting against the Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights

The Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem , or for short the Teutonic Order was a Germans Roman Catholic religious order....
13th century city rights
15th century discovery of salt deposits
1875 first thermal baths

Inowroclaw was seized by the Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth....
and added to the Netze District

Netze District

The Netze District or District of the Netze was a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1793. It included the urban centers of Bydgoszcz , Inowroclaw , and Pila and was given its name for the Notec River that traversed it....
. Following the Congress of Vienna

Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815....
(1815), the area became part of Prussia's Province of Posen

Province of Posen

The Province of Posen was a province of Kingdom of Prussia from 1848-1918 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918; the whole area is now part of Poland....
. The city and the region were renamed Hohensalza on December 5, 1904. The area was restored to Poland following the Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaty at the end of World War I. It ended the declaration of war between German Empire and Allies of World War I....
and its earlier name was restored.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, Inowroclaw was captured by the German army on September 11, 1939 and became part of the German military district (Militärbezirk) of Posen and was renamed Hohensalza. The city was incorporated into the German Reich on November 26, 1939, initially part of Reichsgau Posen (1939), and later Reichsgau Wartheland

Reichsgau Wartheland

Reichsgau Wartheland was the name given by Nazi Germany to the largest subdivision of the territory of Greater Poland which was directly incorporated into the German Reich after Invasion of Poland in 1939....
(1939-1945). German forces were defeated by the Red Army in January 1945 and the city was returned to Poland.

Population

1970 - 54,900
1980 - 66,100
1990 - 77,700
2000 - 79,400
2004 - 77,647

Landmarks and monuments

Romanesque church of the St Virgin Mary, dating back to the end of the 12th century or beginning of the 13th century, built from granite stones and brick. In 1834 destroyed by fire, partially reconstructed in 1950s. Since 13 July 2008 the St Virgin Mary's church is also the Minor Basilica (in polish: Bazylika Mniejsza Imienia Najswietszej Maryi Panny)
Gothic church of St. Nicholas, first building to the middle of 13th century, present church build after damage in 15th century, rebuild in 17th century
Neo-Romanesque church of the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, built between 1898 and 1900, consecrated in 1902, the largest church in the city, with imposing 77-metre high tower. North side of transept collapsed in a construction disaster in 1909 and remained not rebuild until 1929.
Garrison church of St. Barbara and St. Maurice
House of Czabanscy family from ca. 1800
Houses, hotel "Bast" and spa buildings from the turn of 19th and 20th century
Inowroclaw Synagogue
Inowroclaw Synagogue

Inowroclaw Synagogue was one of two synagogues in Inowroclaw, Poland. The structure was built in 1908, with funds provided almost entirely by Leopold Levy....

Sports

SSA Notec Inowroclaw - men basketball team, 7th in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.
Sportino Inowroclaw
Sportino Inowroclaw

Sportino Inowroclaw is a Poland basketball team, based in Inowroclaw, playing in Dominet Bank Ekstraliga. Founded in 2002....
- men basketball team, which replace SSA Notec, but in 1st league.
Goplania Inowroclaw - men football team, they are playing in 4th league.
Cuiavia Inowroclaw - men football team, they are playing in 4th league.

Inowroclaw

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Landmarks and monuments

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