Aleksandrów Kujawski [alɛkˈsandruf kuˈjafskʲi] (until 1879: Trojanów, 1879–1919: Aleksandrów Pograniczny) is a town in north-central Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Aleksandrów County, as well as of Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski (although it is not part of the territory of that gmina). It is situated about 18 km (11 mi) south-east of Toruń. As of December 2022[update] Aleksandrów Kujawski has an area of 7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi) and a population of 11,536.
Aleksandrów Kujawski | |
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Town | |
.JPG) Trojanowski Palace in Aleksandrów Kujawski | |
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  Aleksandrów Kujawski | |
| Coordinates: 52°52′36″N 18°41′37″E / 52.87667°N 18.69361°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Aleksandrów |
| Gmina | Aleksandrów Kujawski (urban gmina) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Arkadiusz Gralak (PSL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 11,536 |
| • Density | 1,595.6/km2 (4,133/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes[4] | 87-700, 87-712 |
| Area code[5] | +48 54 |
| Number plates[6] | CAL |
| Website | http://www.aleksandrowkujawski.pl |
History
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The Trojanów train station, which was established in the course of the construction of the railway line from Kutno to Toruń between 1859 and 1865, was the nucleus of the town, which was founded in 1862. Equally important was its location near the border of the Russian Empire (Congress Poland/Russian Partition) with the Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Partition, later also the German Empire). In 1879, a meeting between the Russian Emperor Alexander II and the German Emperor William I took place here. On this occasion, the place was renamed Aleksandrowo and received municipal rights. It was later renamed Aleksandrów Pograniczny ("Aleksandrów on the border").
The town received 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 Nieszawa county, which on April 1, 1938, became part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic.
During the German occupation of Poland, between October 1939 and January 1940 Germans murdered many Poles from the town in the nearby Odolion forest (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[7] In October 1939, Germans arrested five Salesians from the town,[7] and in 1940 they expelled 735 Poles, whose houses, workshops and offices were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[8]
Between 1975 and 1998 the town was a part of Włocławek Voivodeship.
Transport
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Road transport
editVoivodeship road 266 (Konin–Ciechocinek) directly passes through the town. The A1 motorway, which is a part of the european route E75, passes about 3 km (1.9 mi) to the east of the town.
Rail transport
editRailway lines 18 and 245 pass through the town. The town has a railway station.
Municipal parts
edit- Centrum
- Osiedle Parkowa I
- Osiedle Parkowa II
- Piaski (Piachy)
- Halinowo
- Osiedle Południe
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Area". Local Data Bank. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 0401011.
- ^ "Population by place of residence and sex divided into urban and rural areas". Local Data Bank. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 0401011.
- ^ "Population density and indicators". Local Data Bank. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 0401011.
- ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). poczta-polska.pl (in Polish). Poczta Polska. pp. 4, 1655. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 30 października 2013 r. w sprawie planu numeracji krajowej dla publicznych sieci telekomunikacyjnych, w których świadczone są publicznie dostępne usługi telefoniczne, Dz. U., 2013, No. 1281 (2013-10-30)
- ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Infrastruktury z dnia 31 sierpnia 2022 r. w sprawie rejestracji i oznaczania pojazdów, wymagań dla tablic rejestracyjnych oraz wzorów innych dokumentów związanych z rejestracją pojazdów, Dz. U., 2022, No. 1847 (2022-08-31)
- ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of National Remembrance. p. 209. ISBN 9788376290638.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939–1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of National Remembrance. p. 225. ISBN 9788380981300.
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