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Wloclawek is a town in northern Poland on the Vistula (Wisla) and Zglowiaczka rivers, with a population of approximately 117,000. It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and until 1999 was the capital of Wloclawek Voivodeship.
erent years of establishment of the town have been attributed by a number of historians since the 16th century. The Diocese of Wloclawek in Kuyavia, near Plock, was first mentioned in a papal bull issued by Pope Eugene III in 1148.
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Wloclawek is a town in northern Poland on the Vistula (Wisla) and Zglowiaczka rivers, with a population of approximately 117,000. It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and until 1999 was the capital of Wloclawek Voivodeship.
History
Different years of establishment of the town have been attributed by a number of historians since the 16th century. The Diocese of Wloclawek in Kuyavia, near Plock, was first mentioned in a papal bull issued by Pope Eugene III in 1148. The first bishop of Wloclawek was Warner, whose name appears in the 1148 bull, followed by Onoldius from Italy. At some time the diocese was recorded as Vladislaviensis et Pomeraniae ("Wloclawek and Pomerania"). The name Vladislaviensis and the time frame point to Wladyslaw II the Exile or his grandfather Wladyslaw I Herman, as well as to Vladislav II of Bohemia, as possible name givers. Under the Nazi occupation during World War II, Wloclawek was renamed to Leslau.
Wloclawek had quite a flourishing, sizable Jewish population for many, many hundreds of years. After the Nazi occupation in 1939, it became the first town in Europe requiring yellow Jewish Stars of David to be worn on the backs of the clothes of all Jews, only one obvious part of their persecution. Soon this star became required for all Jews in German occupied Europe. Many Wloclawek Jews died from Nazi fists or guns, starvation or illness after being confined in the Lodz Ghetto. Others were gassed upon arrival at the Chelmno death camp.There is little, if any trace of their once rich and lively community today.
Sports
- Anwil Wloclawek - men's basketball team, former Polish Champion, 4th in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.
- Kujawiak Hydrobudowa Wloclawek - men's football team, winner of regional 3rd league group 2004, promoted to play in 2nd league in season 2004/2005, now Zawisza Bydgoszcz, club bought by Bydgoszcz.
- Wloclawskie Towarzystwo Wioslarskie / Wloclawek Rowing Association - rowing team, former Polish and world Champions; created in 1886
Major corporations
- Zaklady Azotowe Anwil
- Kujawska Fabryka Farb i Lakierów Nobiles
- Fabryka Lin i Drutu Drumet
- Kujawianka
- KeSeM
- Fabryka Urzadzen Technicznych Wisla-Bryka
- Kujawska Wytwórnia Termometrów
- Kujawska Fabryka Manometrów
- Wloclawska Fabryka Porcelany
- Rieber Foods Polska S.A. Delecta
- Wloclawskie Fabryki Mebli Paged-Wefem
- Kujawskie Zaklady Przemyslu Owocowo-Warzywnego Wloclawek Sp. z o.o.
- Instal Projekt
- TOP 2000
- Hydrobudowa Wloclawek
- RUN Chlodnia
- Elektrownia Wodna we Wloclawku
- DGS
- Bomilla
- Stalprodukt
- Remwil
- Sanitec Kolo Sp. z o.o.
- ABfilter
Education
- Wyzsza Szkola Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna
- Wyzsza Szkola Informatyki in Lódz, branch in Wloclawek
- Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa in Wloclawek
- Wyzsze Seminarium Duchowne in Wloclawek
- Wyzsza Szkola Techniki i Przedsiebiorczosci in Wloclawek
High School
- I LO im. Ziemi Kujawskiej, ul. Mickiewicza 6 in Wloclawek is one of the best high school in the city and in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
- II LO im. Mikolaja Kopernika, ul. Urocza 3
- III LO im. Marii Konopnickiej, ul. Bechiego 1
- IV LO im. Kamila Krzysztofa Baczynskiego, ul. Kaliska 108
- V LO im. Unii Europejskiej, ul. Torunska 77/83
People
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