Więcbork
Sign in to saveWięcbork () 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
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Więcbork
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +5799
- Area
- +4.31
- Capital of
- Gmina Więcbork
- Official website
- www.wiecbork.pl
- Image
- Więcbork z lotu ptaka.jpg
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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.
==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.