Brodnica

Infobox Settlement
name = Brodnica


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Town center
image_shield = POL Brodnica COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Brodnica County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Brodnica (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Wacław Bronisław Derlicki
established_title = Established
established_date = 13th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1298
area_total_km2 = 23.15
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 27624
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 53 | latm = 15 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 24 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 87-300 to 87-302
area_code = +48 56
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = CBR
website = http://www.brodnica.pl

Brodnica Audio-IPA-pl|pl-Brodnica.ogg|b|r|o|d|'|n|i|c|a ( _de. 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.

History

The town Strasburg in Prussia began as settlement 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.

After World War I the town become part of Poland in 1920, after the Treaty of Versailles.

Anna Vasa of Sweden, royal sister of Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland, Lithuania and Sweden lived in Strasburg from 1604 until 1625 when she died there.

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.

Also see: History of Prussia

External links

* [http://brodnica.miasto.biz/index.php?lang=en Town council Brodnica (EN)]