Brodnica

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Brodnica
Town center
Coat of arms
Brodnica
Coordinates: 53°15′N 19°24′E / 53.25, 19.4
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Brodnica County
Gmina	Brodnica (urban gmina)
Established	13th century
Town rights	1298
Government
- Mayor	Wacław Bronisław Derlicki
Area
- Total	23.15 km² (8.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	27,624
- Density	1,193.3/km² (3,090.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	87-300 to 87-302
Area code(s)	+48 56
Car plates	CBR
Website: http://www.brodnica.pl

Brodnica [brɔdˈnit​͡sa] ( listen) (German: Strasburg) is a town in northern Poland with 27,400 inhabitants as of 1995. Previously in Toruń Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, Brodnica has been situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. It is the seat of Brodnica County, and also gives its name to the protected area known as Brodnica Landscape Park.

[edit] History

The town's settlement began in 1262, and it received German town law in 1298. It was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland, but was incorporated into the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. From 1815-1920 it was again under Prussian administration, becoming part of the Prussian-led German Empire in 1871. The town become in 1920 part of Poland after the Treaty of Versailles.

Approximately 1,000 Polish inhabitants were murdered during World War II by the SS and the Selbstschutz; after the war, an unknown number of German inhabitants were expelled or killed by the Red Army during the expulsion of the Germans.

Coordinates: 53°15′N, 19°24′E

v • d • e Gminas of Brodnica County Seat: Brodnica (urban gmina) Urban-rural gminas: Gmina Górzno • Gmina Jabłonowo Pomorskie Rural gminas: Gmina Bartniczka • Gmina Bobrowo • Gmina Brodnica • Gmina Brzozie • Gmina Osiek • Gmina Świedziebnia • Gmina Zbiczno