Chodecz
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Kuyavian Pomeranian | ||
| Powiat : | Włocławski | ||
| Gmina : | Chodecz | ||
| Area : | 1.31 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 24 ' N , 19 ° 2' E | ||
| Residents : | 1891 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 87-860 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 54 | ||
| License plate : | CWL | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Kowal - Przedecz | ||
| Next international airport : | Łódź | ||
Chodecz ( German 1939–1945 Godetz ) is a city in Poland in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 6100 inhabitants.
Geographical location
Chodecz is located in the south of the Włocławski powiat . The municipality borders on the Greater Poland and Łódź Voivodeships .
About 30 kilometers north of the city is Włocławek, 80 kilometers south is Łódź .
history
The first written mention of today's Chodecz comes from the year 1325 as Chodcza . Another mention in 1418 called the place Chotech . The town received the town charter according to Kulm law on November 2, 1442 from Wladyslaw III. awarded. As early as 1520, the city was mentioned in a document under its current name Chodecz .
Sigismund III. Wasa renewed the city charter according to Magdeburg law in 1592 . This went hand in hand with the city's right to hold four annual markets and to set up craft guilds .
The city fell victim to pillage and pillage during the Second Northern War .
During the second partition of Poland , Chodecz came to Prussia in 1793 . With the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw , the city became part of it and, in 1815, part of Congress Poland . In 1812 Chodecz lost its town charter, but received it again about ten years later on April 2, 1822. In 1867 the city lost its town charter again.
After the First World War , the city became part of the re-established Poland and in 1921 was again granted city rights.
During the Second World War , the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht in 1939 and later renamed Godetz, Leslau district in the Reichsgau Wartheland . On January 19, 1945 the Red Army marched into Chodecz and handed the village over to Poland. Chodecz became the seat of a Gromada and from 1973 a municipality.
Due to an administrative reform in Poland, the city became part of the newly formed Włocławek Voivodeship in 1975 . Since another reform, Chodecz is part of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- the Church of Saint Dominic
- the Church of Saint Jacob
- the Robin-Paulitz-Church
- Kościuszki Square in the center of the city
- the monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko
- the monument to John Paul II
Sports
In the city there is a stadium and the sports club Zgoda (German Eintracht )
local community
The town-and-country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) includes the town of Chodecz, 20 villages with school authorities and a total of 52 localities.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is particularly important for the Chodecz municipality.
traffic
The Voivodeship Road (droga wojewódzka) 269 runs through Chodecz. This joins the European Route 75 in Kowal in the northeast after about 20 kilometers . In the other direction it runs first to the south-west, but then turns to the west and ends after about 22 kilometers in the Voivodeship Road 270 near Izbica Kujawsaka .
The international Władysław Reymont Airport in Łódź is located about 80 kilometers south of the city of Chodecz.
education
The town has the Władysław Reymont school complex ( Zespół Szkół Wł. St. Reymonta ) and a library.
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