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Włocławek
Flag of Włocławek
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 Coat of arms of Włocławek
Coat of arms
Włocławek is located in Poland
Włocławek
Włocławek
Location in Poland
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Powiat city county
Established tenth century
Town rights 1255
Area
 • City 84.32 km2 (32.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
 • City 117,785
 • Density 1,396.88/km2 (3,617.90/sq mi)
 • Metro
243 000
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
87-800 to 87-810, 87-812, 87-814, 87-816 to 87-818, 87-822
Area code(s) +48 54
Car plates CW
Website http://www.wloclawek.pl

Włocławek is a town in northern Poland in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship with a population of 117,785 (June 2009). It has a large Jewish community. In 1939, when the Nazis invaded, the Jewish people of this town were the first to have to wear yellow Stars of David.

Twin Areas

This town is twinned with the following places:

Germany Bamberg, Germany;
United Kingdom Bedford, United Kingdom

Images for kids

  • Castle of Włocławek

    17th-century drawing of the medieval castle in Włocławek

  • Włocławek-Kopernik Square on photograph by Sztejner

    Włocławek in 1896

  • Włocławek-monument of AK

    Monument of the Home Army, the leading Polish resistance movement in World War II

  • Wloclawek Ghetto memorial

    Memorial at the site of the former World War II ghetto

  • Wloclawek - kosciol Witalisa

    St. Witalis Church

  • Wloclawek katedra 1

    Basilica Cathedral of the St. Mary Assumption

  • Wloclawek - katedra - most - palac biskupi

    Old Town in Włocławek

  • Włocławek-Illumination of brewery B

    B Brewery Cultural Center

  • Wloclawek fara 2

    Church of John the Baptist

  • Guercino Return of the prodigal son

    The Return of the Prodigal Son by Guercino, 1651, Płock Diocesan Museum

  • Kamieniczki XVI-XVIII Stary rynek 14-15 Włocławek hw

    Museum of the History of Włocławek

  • Plac Grodzki

    Wzorcownia, Gord Square (Plac Grodzki) in downtown (Śródmieście)

  • Tomb effigy of Bishop Piotr z Bnina by Veit Stoss

    Tomb effigy of Bishop Piotr of Bnin by Veit Stoss, located inside the cathedral

  • Blokowisko - Poludnie - Wloclawek (1)

    Południe (South) district

  • Wloclawek palac Mühsama

    Mühsam's Palace

  • Wloclawek dawne starostwo (1)

    PWSZ we Włocławku (Higher Vocational State School in Włocławek)

  • 319)A Bank Gospdarstwa krajowego 1911 Włocławek ul. Żabia 2 HWsnajper01

    Old bank building on Żabia Street

  • Włocławek-plaque of Reichstein

    Plaque commemorating Tadeusz Reichstein in the city center

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Włocławek para niños

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