Włocławek

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.

Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°39′33″N 19°04′05″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Powiat	city county
Established	tenth century
Town rights	1255
Government
• Mayor	Andrzej Pałucki
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
Car plates	CW
Website	http://www.wloclawek.pl

Twin Areas

This town is twinned with the following places:

Bamberg, Germany;

Bedford, United Kingdom

Włocławek Media

• Castle of Włocławek.jpg

  17th-century drawing of the medieval castle in Włocławek

• Włocławek-Kopernik Square on photograph by Sztejner.jpg

  View for a Kopernik Square in Włocławek on photograph by Bolesław Sztejner, made in 1896 year. On the photograph there is a nowadays Diocese Museum (on the left) and non-existent, firts Orthodox church in Włocławek (last building on the right side).

• Włocławek-monument of AK.JPG

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

• Wloclawek Ghetto memorial.jpg

  Memorial at the site of the former World War II ghetto

• Wloclawek - kosciol Witalisa.JPG

  Saint Vitalis church in Włocławek

• Wloclawek katedra 1.jpg

  Basilica Cathedral of the St. Mary Assumption

• Wloclawek katedra 3.jpg

  Sundial on the Cathedral wall

• Wloclawek - katedra - most - palac biskupi.jpg

  Włocławek – katedra, most, pałac biskupi

• Włocławek-Illumination of brewery B.JPG

  The illuminate of brewery "B" have been started to work on 27 February 2014.

• Włocławek-Ambers Palace.JPG

  Amber Palace (Pałac Bursztynowy)