Włocławek

Włocławek
Cathedral in Włocławek
Cathedral in Włocławek
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Flag		 Coat of arms of Włocławek
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Włocławek (Poland)
Włocławek
Włocławek
Coordinates:
Country Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Powiat city county
Established tenth century
Town rights 1255
Government
 - Mayor Andrzej Pałucki
Area
 - Total 84.32 km² (32.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 119,608
 - Density 1,418.5/km² (3,673.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 87-800 to 87-810, 87-812, 87-814, 87-816 to 87-818, 87-822
Area code(s) +48 054
Car plates CW
Website: http://www.wloclawek.pl

Włocławek [vwɔt​͡sˈwavɛk] (Ltspkr.png listen) (German: Leslau) is a town in northern Poland on the Vistula (Wisła) and Zgłowiączka rivers, with a population of approximately 117,000. It is situated in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship and until 1999 was the capital of Włocławek Voivodeship.

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History

Different years of establishment of the town have been attributed by a number of historians since the 16th century. The Diocese of Włocławek (Latin: Vladislaviensis) in Kuyavia, near Płock, was first mentioned in a papal bull issued by Pope Eugene III in 1148. The first bishop of Włocławek 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 ("Włocławek and Pomerania"). The name Vladislaviensis and the time frame point to Władysław II the Exile or his grandfather Władysław I Herman, as well as to Vladislav II of Bohemia, as possible name givers. Under the Nazi occupation during World War II, Włocławek 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.

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Counties of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
City counties
Bydgoszcz (governor's seat) • Toruń (assembly seat) • Grudziądz • Włocławek
 Coat of arms of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Land counties
Aleksandrów • Brodnica • Bydgoszcz • Chełmno • Golub-Dobrzyń • Grudziądz • Inowrocław • Lipno • Mogilno • Nakło • Radziejów • Rypin • Sępólno • Świecie • Toruń • Tuchola • Wąbrzeźno • Włocławek • Żnin
Włocławek County

Urban gmina: Kowal  Urban-rural gminas: Gmina Brześć Kujawski • Gmina Chodecz • Gmina Izbica Kujawska • Gmina Lubień Kujawski • Gmina Lubraniec

Rural gminas: Gmina Baruchowo • Gmina Boniewo • Gmina Choceń • Gmina Fabianki • Gmina Kowal • Gmina Lubanie • Gmina Włocławek

Seat (not part of the county): Włocławek

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