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Gniewkowo
Sign in to saveGniewkowo (Polish pronunciation: ) is a town in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland with a population of 7,301 inhabitants (2005). It is located within the historic region of Kuyavia.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gniewkowo
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- Town hall in Gniewkowo
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- POL Gniewkowo COA.svg
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- Poland
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- Kuyavian-Pomeranian
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Inowrocław
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- Gmina
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- Gniewkowo
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ilona Wodniak-Kuraszkiewicz
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1185
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- Town rights
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Gniewkowo (Polish pronunciation: ) is a town in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland with a population of 7,301 inhabitants (2005). It is located within the historic region of Kuyavia.
Founded in the Middle Ages and first recorded in 1185, from 1314 to 1364 Gniewkowo was the seat of a local line of the Piast dynasty, and then a royal town of Poland. During World War II, it was the site of German Nazi massacres of some 4,000 Poles. It is located on the Polish 353 railway line connecting Poznań with Toruń and Olsztyn.