Aleksandrów Kujawski

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Aleksandrów Kujawski
Trojanowski Palace in Aleksandrów Kujawski
Trojanowski Palace in Aleksandrów Kujawski
Coat of arms of Aleksandrów Kujawski
Coat of arms
Aleksandrów Kujawski is located in Poland
Aleksandrów Kujawski
Aleksandrów Kujawski
Coordinates: 52°52′N 18°42′E / 52.867°N 18.700°E / 52.867; 18.700Coordinates: 52°52′N 18°42′E / 52.867°N 18.700°E / 52.867; 18.700
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyAleksandrów
GminaAleksandrów Kujawski (urban gmina)
Government
 • MayorEdyta Jaszczak (acting)
Area
 • Total7.17 km2 (2.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total12,476
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
87-700 to 87-712
Car platesCAL
WebsiteOfficial website

Aleksandrów Kujawski [alɛkˈsandruf kuˈjafskʲi] (About this soundlisten) (until 1879: Trojanów, 1879–1919: Aleksandrów Pograniczny) is a small town in north-central Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is situated about 18 km south-east of Toruń. It is the seat of Aleksandrów County, and also of Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski (although it is not part of the territory of that gmina).

History[]

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) with the Kingdom of Prussia (and 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 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 Nieszawa county, which on April 1, 1938, became part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic.

During the German occupation of Poland during World War II, in October 1939–January 1940, the Germans murdered many Poles from the town in the nearby Odolion forest (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[1] In October 1939, Germans arrested five Salesians from the town,[1] 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.[2]

Municipal parts[]

  • Centrum
  • Osiedle Parkowa I (Bloki)
  • Osiedle Parkowa II (Bloki)
  • Piaski (Piachy)
  • Halinowo
  • Osiedle Południe

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 209 (in Polish)
  2. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warszawa, 2017, p. 225 (in Polish)

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