Fordon, Bydgoszcz

Fordon, is a district in Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland with a number of residents around 75,000. However, at the beginning, the district had only 8,000 residents. Currently, Fordon is the biggest district of Bydgoszcz.

House estates

Fordon is subdivided into 16 house estates:

Stary Fordon
Akademickie
Bajka
Bohaterów
Eskulapa
Kasztelanka
Łoskoń
Mariampol
Nad Wisłą
Niepodległości
Pałcz
Powiśle
Przylesie
Szybowników
Tatrzańskie
Zofin

History

A settlement in place of Fordon is mentioned in sources for the first time in 1112 as Wyszogród [pl]. In those times there was located an important defensive castle which was eventually fired and destroyed in 1330 by the Teutonic Knights.

At some point, Fordon belonged to the Grand Duchy of Posen and later under direct Prussian control. It was returned to Poland at the end of the First World War. In 1939 it was incorporated by the Nazi Germany. It is estimated that during World War II German soldiers killed from 1200 to 3000 people, mainly Poles and Jews, in the Death Valley of Fordon (Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz)). The exact number stays unknown as historians have not found appropriate documents that would state the final number of deaths. In 1945 Fordon was liberated from Nazi occupation.

In 1950 Fordon was still a separate town from Bydgoszcz. At that time it was described as "seven miles east" of the latter city. It had a population of 3,514 people and manufactured such things as cement and paper.^[1] In 1973 Fordon became a part of the city of Bydgoszcz.

The prison in Fordon was established in 1780 and changed into a men's/women's prison several times. From 1939-1956 among others, there were kept and killed 180 Ukrainian women in the prison. A memorial plaque was placed on the prison on May 10, 1992.^{[citation needed]}

Fordon Bridge

Buildings & places

Valley of Death
Fordon Bridge
Neogothic Church
Centre of Oncology (Hospital)
Synagogue from 17th century
Prison
Millennium Park

Education

Universities

Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki - Ulica Fordońska 246
Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Przedsiębiorczości w Bydgoszczy - Ulica Unii Lubelskiej
Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego - Ulica Przemysłowa 34
Politechnika Bydgoska im. Jana i Jędzrzeja Śniadeckich - Ulica Kaliskiego 7

High Schools

Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr XIII (Zespoł Szkół nr 3) - Ulica Łowicka 45
Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr XV (Zespoł Szkół nr 5) - Ulica Berlinga 13
Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr XVI (Zespół Szkół Odzieżowych) - Ulica Fordońska 430
Liceum Ogólnokształcące Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego - Ulica Pod Reglami 1

Junior High Schools

Gimnazjum nr 1 - Ulica Sielska 34
Gimnazjum nr 2 - Ulica Kromera 11
Gimnazjum nr 3 - Ulica Gawędy 1
Gimnazjum nr 4 - Ulica Duracza 7
Gimnazjum nr 5 - Ulica Berlinga 17
Gimnazjum nr 53 (Zespół Szkół nr 5) - Ulica Berlinga 13
Gimnazjum nr 7 - Ulica Kapliczna 7

Primary Schools

Primary School nr 27 - Ulica Sielska 34
Primary School nr 29 - Ulica Gawedy 5
Primary School nr 4 - Ulica Wyzwolenia 4
Primary School nr 43 - Ulica Łowicka 45
Primary School 65 (filia) - Ulica Rzeźniackiego 7
Primary School 65 - Ulica Duracza 7
Primary School nr 66 - Ulica Berlinga 3
Primary School nr 67 - Ulica Kromera 11
Primary School nr 9 - Ulica Tatrzanska 21
Szkoła Podstawowa Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego - Ulica Salezjańska 1

Sources

"Kujawsko-pomorskie dla każdego. Przewodnik turystyczny po najciekawszych miejscach województwa" Włodzimierz Bykowski, Wieńczysław Bykowski, wyd. Apeiron ISBN 83-919091-1-5 & Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Dolnej Wisły ISBN 83-919299-5-7, Bydgoszcz 2005

^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer, p. 626

My Odyssey "Моя Одисея" Irena Tymoszko-Kaminska, Chicago 2005 page 286, ISBN 83-86112-21-2, Oficyna Wydawnicza UKAR 02-588 Warszawa 48, skr.poczt.156

External links

Fordon website

53°08′51″N 18°10′04″E / 53.14750°N 18.16778°E / 53.14750; 18.16778

[1] Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer, p. 626

[1]