Chojnice
Sign in to saveChojnice (; or ; or ) is a town in northern Poland with a population of 38,789 (as of June 2023), near the Tuchola Forest. It is the capital of Chojnice County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chojnice
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ratusz w Chojnicach.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Historical town hall located at the Rynek (Market Square)
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Chojnice COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Chojnice flag.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chojnice
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Chojnice (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Arseniusz Finster
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 11th century
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- Piast Poland ({{circa|1205}}–1309)
- State of the Teutonic Order (1309–1466)
- Kingdom of Poland (1466–1772)
- Prussia (1772–1871) and German Empire (1871–1920)
- Infrastructure and Social Developments
- Germanisation and Polish Resistance
- Poland (1920–1939)
- World War II and Nazi German occupation (1939–1945)
- Chojnice since 1945
- Demographics
- Number of inhabitants by year
- Attractions
- Geography
- Climate
- Sport
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Chojnice (; or ; or ) is a town in northern Poland with a population of 38,789 (as of June 2023), near the Tuchola Forest. It is the capital of Chojnice County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Founded in , Chojnice is a former royal city of Poland and was an important center of cloth production. It is home to one of the oldest high schools in Poland, and played a significant role in Polish youth resistance against the Germanisation policies of Prussia following the Partitions of Poland. The town was also the site of several significant battles, and during World War II, German occupiers massacred approximately 2,000 Poles on its outskirts.