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Łódź in Poland

Łódź (pronounced like this, "whootch") is the third-largest city in Poland, with 776,000 inhabitants. It is in the Łódź Voivodeship in the centre of the country. In Polish the name also means "boat". The mayor of Łódź is Hanna Zdanowska.

History

The first documents mentioning the city date from 1332. Łódź was awarded city rights (according to the Magdeburg law) in 1432. The Congress of Vienna decided in 1815 that the city should be part of Russia. Only in 1918 did the city fall back to Poland.

Geography

The city is about 120 km south-west of Warsaw. In and around the city, there are some textile and electronics industries. Because of prolonged economic difficulties, there has been a decline in the population of the city. The city has a university and a film academy. Łódź has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

Sports

There are two major football teams in Łódź: the first is called ŁKS Łódź and the second is Widzew Łódź.

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  • Aleksander-Newski Lodz 2006

    Alexander Newski (Orthodox) Cathedral

  • Rynek S Miasta Lodz

    Old Market square

  • Lodz manufaktura 01

    "Manufaktura" Shopping Centre in post- industrial style.

Notable residents

  • Grażyna Bacewicz, composer
  • Max Factor, Sr., businessman, founder of the Max Factor cosmetics company
  • Piotr Fronczewski, Polish actor
  • Marcin Gortat, NBA basketball player for the Phoenix Suns
  • Roman Polanski, cinema director, Oscar and Golden Palm winner
  • Władysław Reymont, writer, Nobel Prize winner
  • Paweł Rogaliński, journalist
  • Artur Rubinstein, pianist, settled
  • Julian Tuwim, poet
  • Miś Uszatek, cartoon character
  • Marek Saganowski, football player
  • Adam Ostrowski, better known as O.S.T.R., rapper


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  • Lodz1577

    Sigillum oppidi Lodzia - seal dating back to 1577

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-133-0703-20, Polen, Ghetto Litzmannstadt, Brücke

    Łódź Ghetto, Ghetto Litzmannstadt, was the second-largest ghetto in all of German-occupied Europe

  • Izrael Poznański's Mausoleum Lodz 05

    Izrael Poznański's tomb at the New Jewish Cemetery in Łódź is one of the largest of its kind in the world

  • Fontanna lodz

    Fountain on Dąbrowski Square

  • Ignacy Płażewski, Prządki przy pracy, I-4717-4

    Textile factory employees in Łódź, 1950s

  • 78 Piotrkowska Street

    Sculpture of Artur Rubinstein on Piotrkowska Street in Łódź, where Rubinstein was born and raised

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    Light Move Festival in Łódź

  • Łódź, ul. Ogrodowa 17, tkalnia wysoka (ob. ms2), 1895 -4

    Muzeum Sztuki, ms2 branch, a museum and gallery of modern art

  • Las Łagiewnicki3

    Las Łagiewnicki (Lagiewniki Forest), part of the Łódź Hills Landscape Park

  • Pałac Edwarda Herbsta

    Herbst Palace, designed by Hilary Majewski, an art gallery within a historical mansion, which holds paintings from all over Europe

  • Orion Business Tower - poziom

    High-rise buildings in central Łódź

  • Pałac Izraela Poznańskiego Łódź ogród

    Izrael Poznański Palace

  • Transfer station Piotrkowska-Centrum, Łódź Piłsudskiego Av. November 2015 01

    Piotrkowska Centrum tram station, also known as "The Unicorn Stable"

  • Park Klepacza w Łodzi - Willa Reinholda Richtera (juniora)

    Łódź University of Technology rector's office (formerly Reinhold Richter Villa, 1904)

  • Palac Oskara Kona Lodz

    National Film School at Oskar Kon Palace

  • PL Wikiwarsztaty fotograficzne Łódź 067

    Museum of Art in Łódź, the city's primary cultural institution

  • Archiwum Włodzimierza Pfeiffera PL 39 596 350

    The contrast between the living conditions in industrial Łódź were often mentioned in arts and literature. A notable example is The Promised Land, a novel by Władysław Reymont

  • Hala-Łódź-maj09

    Atlas Arena in Łódź

  • Artur Rubenstein 1968

    Arthur Rubinstein, one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, was born in Łódź

  • Andrzej Sapkowski - Book World Fair 2010 Prague

    Andrzej Sapkowski, best known for The Witcher book series

  • Ulica Piotrkowska in Lodz

    Piotrkowska Street - the main promenade of the city

  • EC1, former power station, Łódź 2013 05

    EC1 - former power station, now a museum and planetarium

  • Manufaktura Elektrownia i Straż Pożarna Łódź

    Manufaktura - once a textile factory, now a shopping centre

  • Palac Juliusza Heinzla w Lodzi, 2010-02-23

    Łódź City Hall, formerly Heinzel Palace

  • CKM Lodz

    International Faculty of Engineering (TUL)

  • Academy of Music in Łódź - Karol Poznański's palace

    Music Academy, formerly Poznański Palace

  • Biala Fabryka2

    White Factory

  • Red Tower in Łódź (mBank)

    Red Tower - the former headquarters of mBank

  • Łódź - Pałac Izraela Poznańskiego

    Izrael Poznański's Palace

  • Archikatedra Łódź2

    Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka

  • SM Łódź Cerkiew katedralna św Aleksandra Newskiego 2017 (1) ID 613040

    Alexander Nevsky Orthodox church

  • 5 Lodz 107

    Teodor Steigert's Tenement House

  • SM Łódź Piotrkowska 74 2017 (0) ID 613237

    Scheiblers' Tenement House

  • Łódź - Ulica Piotrkowska 53

    Herman Konstadt's Tenement House

  • 5 Lodz 029

    Mieczysław Pinkus and Jakub Lende's Tenement House

  • Kaplica Karola Scheiblera w Łodzi

    Karl Scheibler's Chapel in Old Cemetery

  • Ksiezy Mlyn domy

    Workers' houses (famuły) at Księży Młyn

  • Łódzka Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna ul. Ks. Biskupa Wincentego Tymienieckiego 22G

    Łódź Special Economic Zone

  • SM Łódź Piotrkowska 86 2017 (1) ID 613240

    Gutenberg House

  • SM Łódź Narutowicza 38 Kilińskiego 52 Hotel Polonia Palast 2017 (0) ID 613165

    Polonia Palast Hotel

  • Łódź - Kościół pw. Najświętszej Marii Panny - panoramio (2)

    Church of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary

  • Park Poniatowskiego 1 Łódź

    Poniatowski's Park

  • Botanical garden in Łódź (2)

    Botanical Garden in Łódź

  • Terminal 3 Lotniska w Lodzi 17.03.2012

    Łódź Airport

  • Dworzec Łódź Fabryczna

    Łódź Fabryczna railway station

  • Łódź - Muzeum Archeologiczno-Etnograficzne

    Archeological and Ethnographic Museum

  • Mural of Gregor Gonsior, Łódź 159 Wólczańska Street

    Mural in city centre

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