Więcbork

Also known as Vandsburg

Więcbork () is a town in northern Poland, located in the Sępólno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2019 it had a population of 5,965. It is located on the shores of Więcborskie Lake within the ethnocultural region of Krajna.

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Place details

Locality: Więcbork
Region: województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
Country: Polska
Population: 5,953
Timezone: Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Więcbork
Settlement.image_flag: POL Więcbork flag.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Więcbork z lotu ptaka.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Więcbork
Settlement.image_shield: POL Więcbork COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Sępólno
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Więcbork
Settlement.area_total_km2: 4.31
Settlement.population_as_of: 2019
Settlement.population_total: 5965
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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History
Number of inhabitants by years
Neighbourhoods
Sports
References

==History== thumb|left|Baroque architecture|Baroque Saints Simon and Jude church After 960 the territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. It is first mentioned under the name Wanszowna in historical records in the chronicle of Jan of Czarnków in 1383. The first record instance of the name Więcbork occurred in 1405. The town was part of the Kingdom of Poland and it was a private town, which belonged to various Polish magnates. Administratively it was located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.

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