Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz (in Polish pronounce: [[Media:Bydgoszcz.ogg|[:bidgɔʃʧ]]], Latin: ''Bydgostia'') is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). It has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1947-1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodship (1939-1947). In German, it is traditionally known as Bromberg, the city name under Prussian and German rule. Bydgoszcz is a part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Torun with Torun, only 30 km away, and over 700,000 inhabitants. In September 2004 Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz joined Torun University as Collegium Medicum UMK in Bydgoszcz. == History == Originally it was a fishers' settlement called Bydgoszcza (spelled Bydgostia in Latin), next a stronghold for the Vistula trade routes. In the 13th century it was a site of castellany, first mentioned in 1238. Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Teutonic Knights in years 1331-1337, recovered by the king Casimir the Great, who granted the municipal rights in 1346/1349. In the 15th-16th centuries Bydgoszcz was a significant site of corn trade, one of the biggest cities in Poland. In 1657 the Treaty of Bydgoszcz was signed there. Bydgoszcz followed the history of Greater Poland until 1772, when it was annexed by Prussia. During this time, the canal was built from Bydgoszcz to Naklo which connected the north flowing Vistula river via the Brda to the west flowing Notec, which in turn flowed to the Oder via the Warta. In 1807 became part of the Duchy of Warsaw (French language ''Duchy de Varsovie''). In 1815 back to Prussia as the part of autonomous Grand Duchy of Poznan and capital of the one of the districts, called Bromberg district. After 1871 was included into German Empire as part Province of Posen. After World War I the Great Poland Uprising, returned to Poland in 1919. 1938 shifted to Pomerania Voivodship, where it was the biggest city. 1939-1945 occupied by Germany and became part of the Reichsgau Wartheland. Some of the war's most violent early atrocities were centered here, known as Bromberg Bloody Sunday. Bydgoszcz (Fordon) was the site of the German concentration camp ''Bromberg-Ost'', subcamp of Stutthof. In 1941 A number of Boy Scouts in Bydgoszcz who ranged from twelve to sixteen years of age, who were set up in the marketplace against a wall and shot. No reason was given. A devoted priest who rushed to administer the Last Sacrament was shot too. He received five wounds. A Pole said afterwards that the sight of those children lying dead was the most piteous of all the horrors he saw ([http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/30/books/chapters/0630-1st-rhodes.html?ex=1114142400&en=8ad4cb9cd41297c2&ei=5070 from the NYT]). Following World War II, Bydgoszcz was returned to Poland, as a Eastern bloc nation, under the Potsdam Conference border resolutions. == Economy == === Major corporations === * Zachem SA, Bydgoszcz * [http://www.zecbyd.com.pl Zesp�ł Elektrociepłowni Bydgoszcz SA], Bydgoszcz * [http://www.pesa.pl PESA Pojazdy Szynowe (PESA Rail Vehicles)] == Education == * [http://www.ab-byd.edu.pl Akademia Bydgoska] * [http://www.atr.bydgoszcz.pl Akademia Techniczno-Rolnicza] * [http://www.amuz.bydgoszcz.pl Akademia Muzyczna] * [http://www.cm.umk.pl Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera] (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Akademia Medyczna) * [http://oswbydgoszcz.ae.poznan.pl Ośrodek Akademii Ekonomicznej w Poznaniu] * Sekcja Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu * [http://www.kpsw.edu.pl Kujawsko-Pomorska Szkoła Wyższa] * [http://www.tih.pl Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki] * [http://www.wsinsp.edu.pl/ Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Nauk Społeczno-Prawnych] * [http://www.wsos.edu.pl Wyższa Szkoła Ochrony Środowiska] * [http://www.wszif.bydgoszcz.pl Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Finans�w] * [http://bydgoszcz.wsinf.edu.pl Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki] in Lodz, Branch in Bydgoszcz == Sports == * Ostromecko Astoria Bydgoszcz - men's Basketball in Poland team playing in Era Basket Liga: 8th in 2003/2004 season. * GCB Adriana Gazeta Pomorska Bydgoszcz- women's Volleyball in Poland team playing in Polish Seria A Women's Volleyball League: 5th place in 2003/2004 season. == Politics == === Bydgoszcz constituency === Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bydgoszcz constituency [[Image:Bromberg_Brahe01.jpg|300px|thumb|right|River Brda.]] * Anna Bańkowska, SLD-UP * Renata Basta, SLD-UP * Grażyna Ciemniak, SLD-UP * Grzegorz Gruszka, SLD-UP * Witold Hatka, LPR * Barbara Hyla-Makowska, SLD-UP * Eugeniusz Kłopotek, PSL * Tomasz Markowski, PiS * Wojciech Mojzesowicz, Samoobrona * Teresa Piotrowska, PO * Marcin Wnuk, SLD-UP * Janusz Zemke, SLD-UP ==Famous people from Bydgoszcz== * Zbigniew Boniek * Jan Kulczyk, businessman * Edmund Michal Piszcz == See also == * Bydgoszcz (Nazi camp) * Bydgoszcz Department (Polish: ''Departament Bydgoski''): a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland Duchy of Warsaw in years 1806-1815. == External link == *[http://www.bydgoszcz.pl Bydgoszcz official website in English] *[http://www.bydgoszcz.com.pl Wirtualna Bydgoszcz - informator bydgoski] Cities in Poland Urban counties of Poland lv:Bidgošča na:Bydgoszcz nds:Bydgoszcz

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:A page has been created under the Cities Project: WikiProject_Cities/Names issues, for the purpose of creating a consensus agreement for the wording of the intro paragraph of all cities that had alternate official spellings. Please join us there and help us hammer out a wording that we can all live with, and use to prevent endless, eternal edit wars, not just for Bydgoszcz, but for all cities with alternate official spellings in "modern" history. User:Bwood 02:12, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC) ============================= ''On maps of ca 1600 a city named Bromberg is shown located at an arm of the Vistula river and south of it another town named Bitgotz.'' How is this related to Bydgoszcz? Is Bydgoszcz Bromberg or is Bydgoszcz Bitgotz?? -- User:JeLuF 08:09 24 May 2003 (UTC) ::I guess it means that on an early map, two places in the vicinity of current Bydgoszcz are shown, one with a Germanic name, closer to the river, and another with the Polish name, south of the one with the German name. I suspect that this just means that the map was probably done by someone a German background, and that there was a strong enough Germanic population from at least the 1500s to have them name their own settlement. Note that Dutch and Deutsch settlers were recruited to turn the Vistula flood plain into farmland, starting in the north and working upstream. When a town grew up nearby in later years and became larger, it probably took on both names. User:Bwood 01:45, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC) === The World War II atrocities seem to be too much detail for this topic. As with Reichsgau Wartheland, this is too much detail for a general history of a town article or the Reichsgau article. Let's summarize and move the details to a new topic, perhaps "World War II atrocities" - User:Bwood 03:16, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC) == Gzornenplatz == Gzornenplatz, please stop vandalising this page. Even using your flawed search criteria the Google shows that you're wrong. [http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=pl&btnG=Szukaj+z+Google&as_epq=Bromberg+Polen&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_de&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=] [http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=pl&btnG=Szukaj+z+Google&as_epq=Bydgoszcz+Polen&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_de&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=]. User:HalibuttUser_Talk:Halibutt">User:Halibutt|User:HalibuttUser Talk:Halibutt 23:06, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

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