Inowroclaw (PL)

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Inowrocław) is a city in north-central Poland. It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1975–1998). Inowrocław is an industrial town located about 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Bydgoszcz known for its saltwater baths and salt mines. The town is the 5th largest agglomeration in its voivodeship, and is a major railway junction, where the west-east line (Poznań - Toruń) crosses the Polish Coal Trunk-Line from Chorzów to Gdynia. Inowrocław was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland and added to the Netze District (as German: Inowrazlaw before 1905, and in 1905-1920 and 1939-1945 Hohensalza; rarely Jung Breslau).

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Poland Era


German Empire

INOWRASLAW in 1875.

Kingdom of Prussia

Postal code 681 in Regierungsbezirk BROMBERG.