Timeline of Włocławek explained
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Włocławek, Poland.
Middle Ages
16th to 18th centuries
19th century
20th century
- 1901 – Diocesan Museum founded.
- 1907 – begins publishing.
- 1908 – Museum of Kuyavia and Dobrzyń Land founded.
- 1909 – Oldest Polish theological journal began publishing.[1]
- 1911 – Building of the former Gdańsk Bank in Włocławek built.
- 1914
- 5 August: World War I: Germans occupy the city.
- 23 August: Russians re-occupy the city.
- 21 September: Germans re-occupy the city.
- 8 November: Russians re-occupy the city.
- 12 November: Germans re-occupy the city.
- 1918 – Poland regained independence and the Poles disarmed the Germans and liberated the city.
- 1920 – 13–19 August: Successful Polish defense against the invading Russians during the Polish–Soviet War.
- 1927 – City limits greatly expanded by including several settlements as new districts, including Kapitułka, Krzywe Błoto, Lisek, Łęg, Słodowo, Świech and Zazamcze.
- 1937 – Edward Śmigły-Rydz Bridge built.
- 1939
- September: Beginning of German occupation during World War II.
- 9 September: German invaders committed a massacre of a group of local Jews.
- October-November: Einsatzgruppe III carried out mass arrests of local Poles, including teachers, priests, lecturers and students of the seminary and Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek Michał Kozal, during the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign.[1]
- 29 October: Włocławek became the first city in which the Germans imposed yellow badges on the Jews.[5]
- November-December: SS and Selbstschutz burnt down the Grzywno district and murdered many of its inhabitants in the nearby village of Warząchewka Polska.
- Arrested Polish teachers, landowners and priests from the Włocławek and Lipno counties imprisoned in a local prison by the Germans, with some later deported to concentration camps and murdered.
- Families of deported and murdered Poles, as well as the remaining residents of Grzywno were expelled to the so-called General Government in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland.
- 1940
- January: The Germans carried out deportations of arrested priests to the Dachau concentration camp, where most were eventually killed.[1]
- June, September: The Germans carried out further expulsions of Poles, including owners of shops, workshops and bigger houses, which were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.
- Autumn: Jewish ghetto established by the occupiers.
- 1942 – April: Liquidation of the ghetto. surviving Jews deported by the Germans to the Chełmno extermination camp.
- 1945
- 4 April: Seminary resumed activities in Lubraniec.[1]
- May: Seminary relocated from Lubraniec back to Włocławek.[1]
- 1946 – Włocłavia Włocławek football club founded.
- 1952 – Kujawskie Zakłady Przemysłu Owocowo-Warzywnego Włocławek food company, manufacturer of the Włocławek ketchup, established.
- 1970 – Hydroelectric power plant in Włocławek opened.
- 1973
- 1975
- Włocławek became capital of the newly formed Włocławek Voivodeship.
- Monument to Polish railwaymen murdered during World War II unveiled.
- 1984 – Assassination of Jerzy Popiełuszko.
- 1986 – Ethnographic Museum in Włocławek opened.
- 1990 – KK Włocławek basketball club founded.
- 1991 – Monument to Priest Jerzy Popiełuszko unveiled.
- 1999 – Włocławek became part of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
21st century
See also
Bibliography
- Book: . Przewodnik ilustrowany po Włocławku. 1922. pl. Włocławek. Księgarnia Powszechna i Drukarnia Diecezjalna we Włocławku. .
- Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warszawa. IPN.
- Book: . Atlas historyczny miast polskich. Tom II: Kujawy. Zeszyt 4: Włocławek. 2016. pl. Toruń. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika. 978-83-231-3551-7. .
- Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2017. Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945. pl. Warszawa. IPN. 978-83-8098-174-4.
Notes and References
- Web site: 450 lat temu powstało seminarium we Włocławku. eKAI.pl. Artur Niemira. 12 October 2019. 11 December 2023. pl.
- Web site: Zespół klasztorny Franciszkanów Reformatów. Zabytek.pl. Bernardeta Popek-Olszowa. 11 December 2023. pl.
- Book: Zieliński, Stanisław. Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu. 1913. pl. Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu. Rapperswil. 50.
- Zieliński, p. 53
- Web site: Jewish Badge: During the Nazi Era. Holocaust Encyclopedia. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Włocławek. Szlak Kopernikowski. 11 December 2023. pl.
- Web site: We Włocławku przed Zespołem Szkół Katolickich odsłonięto pomnik ks. Jana Długosza [zdjęcia]]. Gazeta Pomorska. Wojciech Alabrudziński. 4 October 2018. 11 December 2023. pl.
- Web site: Włocławek: Odsłonięcie Pomnika Cichociemnych Spadochroniarzy Armii Krajowej. nwloclawek.pl. 10 June 2022. 11 December 2023. pl.