Aleksandrów Kujawski
| Aleksandrów Kujawski | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Kuyavian Pomeranian | ||
| Powiat : | Aleksandrów | ||
| Area : | 7.17 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 53 ' N , 18 ° 42' E | ||
| Height : | 88 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 12,147 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 87-700 to 87-712 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 54 | ||
| License plate : | CAL | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Street 266 Ciechocinek - Konin | ||
| Rail route : | Kutno – Toruń | ||
| Next international airport : | Bydgoszcz | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Surface: | 7.17 km² | ||
| Residents: | 12,147 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 1694 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 0401011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2007) | |||
| Mayor : | Andrzej Cieśla | ||
| Address: | ul.Słowackiego 8 87-700 Aleksandrów Kujawski |
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| Website : | www.aleksandrowkujawski.pl | ||
Aleksandrów kujawski [ alɛksandruf kujafsci ] (to 1879 Trojanów , 1879-1919 Aleksandrowo (russ) or. Aleksandrów Podgraniczny ; German 1939-1943 Alexandrov (Vistula) , 1943-1945 Vistula Städt ) is a town in the Polish Province Kujawy is located and near the Vistula about 20 km south-southeast of Thorn . Aleksandrów Kujawski is the seat of the Powiat Aleksandrowski and has about 12,300 inhabitants.
history
The construction of the Trojanów station in the course of the construction of the railway line from Kutno to Thorn between 1859 and 1865 was the nucleus of the future town. The first trains ran in 1862. Equally important was the location near the border of the Russian Empire , in which the former Kingdom of Poland ( Congress Poland ) was absorbed in 1832, and Prussia , which in 1815 acquired the province of Posen , which it had received in the second partition of Poland in 1793 , from the Vienna Congress was awarded again. In 1879 a meeting between Tsar Alexander II and Kaiser Wilhelm I took place here. On this occasion, the place was renamed Aleksandrowo and received city rights; some time later it was renamed Aleksandrów Pograniczny ("Aleksandrów on the border"). The city got its current name in 1919 after Poland was restored as an independent state. In the years 1921–1923 there was an internment camp for soldiers of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Aleksandrów Kujawski .
In 1932, Aleksandrów Kujawski became the seat of the district of Nieszawa (Powiat Nieszawski), which on April 1, 1938, came to what was then the Greater Pomerania Voivodeship , which - after being downsized on April 7, 1945 - lost the 'large' in its name and in 1950 after its new one Capital Bydgoszcz was renamed. The district existed until 1975. From 1975 to 1999, Aleksandrów Kujawski belonged to the Włocławek Voivodeship (Leslau). Since the administrative reform of 1999, Aleksandrów Kujawski has been a district town again.
In August 2008, a memorial was erected in the city for 70 Germans murdered in 1945 by members of the local Polish State Security Service .
traffic
At Alexandrów Kujawski station on the Kutno – Piła railway line, the Aleksandrów Kujawski – Ciechocinek railway , which is no longer in operation, branches off .
Rural community
The rural community of Aleksandrów Kujawski, to which the city itself does not belong, has an area of 131.6 km², on which (as of June 30, 2019) 11,891 people live.
Railway accident in 1980
On the morning of August 19, 1980, the Otłoczyn railway accident occurred on the territory of the rural commune . 67 deaths were the result, 62 people were also injured. It was the worst rail accident in post-war Poland.
sons and daughters of the town
- Henri Czaplinski (1889–?), Violinist and music teacher
Web links
- Website of the city of Aleksandrów Kujawski
- German Army Map, 3178 Weichselstädt (topographic map, 1: 25000), issue 1 of the XI. 1944
Footnotes
- ↑ a b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ^ District of Weichselstädt
- ↑ Virtual Shtetl ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Local History and the Jewish Community in Aleksandrów Kujawski.
- ↑ Aleksandrów Kujawski , article at transodra-online