See also: Pakość, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
| Pakość | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Inowrocław |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pakość |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1243 |
| Established Title2: | Town rights |
| Established Date2: | 1359 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.46 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 5774 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 52.8053°N 18.0839°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 88–170 |
| Website: | http://www.pakosc.pl |
Pakość is a town in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 5,774 inhabitants (2010). It is located within the historic region of Kuyavia.
The town is the main hub of trade and services in the neighbourhood area. Small industry is based here and the town is an important communication and transport hub.
Pakość is an important centre of worship of the Catholic Church because of the famous calvary - the complex of chapels resembling Jerusalem and commemorating the Passion of Christ.
The oldest known mention of Pakość comes from 1243.[1] In 1258 a castle was erected.[1] Town privileges were given to Pakość on 9 February 1359. It was a private town, owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the Inowrocław Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was a Protestant center.[1] The Działyński noble family founded a Baroque Catholic monastery, which remains one of the landmarks of the town.[1]
Pakość was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. In 1807 it became part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, in 1815 it was re-annexed by Prussia, and in 1871 it became part of Germany. The populace took part in the Greater Poland uprising (1918–19),[1] and Pakość was successfully reintegrated with Poland, after the country regained independence in November 1918.