* 1558, Bydgoszcz, that is, until the 16th century, Bydgoszcza " fishing village or campsite belonging to Bydgosta "

* Bloody Sunday ( 1939 ), aka Bromberg Bloody Sunday, a massacre in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at the onset of World War II

With three main railway stations ( Toruń Główny, Toruń Miasto and Toruń Wschodni ), the city is a major rail junction, with two important lines crossing there ( Warszawa – Bydgoszcz and Wrocław – Olsztyn ).

An even bigger debate in the scholarship concerns the question whether — as the Polish historiography suggests — there were indeed any members of a German fifth column in the city who opened fire on the Polish troops ( and if so, whether they were composed of members of the Bydgoszcz German minority or not ), or whether — as critics among the German historiography argue — Polish troops ( or panicking civilians ) overreacted in the confusion and targeted innocent German civilians.

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With a city population of 363, 926 ( March 2011 ), and an urban agglomeration with more than 470, 000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the 8th-largest city in Poland.

“ Hotel pod Orłem ” ( Hotel Adler or The Eagle Hotel ), an icon of the city ’ s 19th century architecture, was designed by the distinguished Bydgoszcz architect Józef Święcicki, the author of around sixty buildings in the city.

In 2004, Bydgoszcz launched an Industrial and Technology Park of 283 hectares, an attractive place for doing business as companies which relocate there receive tax breaks, 24 hour security, access to large plots of land and to the media, the railway line Chorzów Batory – Tczew ( passenger, coal ), the DK5 and DK10 national roads, and future freeways S10 and S5.

* Poland: kielbasa krakowska ( Kraków-style ), toruńska ( Toruń ), żywiecka ( Żywiec ), bydgoska ( Bydgoszcz ), krotoszyńska ( Krotoszyn ), podwawelska ( literally: " from under Wawel "), zielonogórska ( Zielona Góra ), rzeszowska ( Rzeszów ), śląska ( Silesia ), swojska, wiejska, jałowcowa, zwyczajna, polska, krajańska, szynkowa, parówkowa, ..

Tank was born in Bromberg ( Bydgoszcz ), Province of Posen.

Addition command elements include the Joint Warfare Centre ( JWC ) located in Stavanger, Norway ( in the same site as the Norwegian NJHQ ); the Joint Force Training Centre ( JFTC ) in Bydgoszcz, Poland ; the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre ( JALLC ) in Monsanto, Portugal ; and the NATO Undersea Research Centre ( NURC ), La Spezia, Italy.

These government regions were named after the German language names of their chief cities: Hohensalza ( Inowrocław ), Posen ( Poznań ), Kalisch ( Kalisz ), Bromberg ( Bydgoszcz ), Danzig ( Gdańsk ), and Marienwerder ( Kwidzyn ).

Bolesław the Pious () ( 1224 / 27 – 14 April 1279 ) was a Duke of Greater Poland during 1239 – 1247 ( according to some historians during 1239 – 1241 sole Duke of Ujście ), Duke of Kalisz during 1247 – 1249, Duke of Gniezno during 1249 – 1250, Duke of Gniezno-Kalisz during 1253 – 1257, Duke of whole Greater Poland and Poznań during 1257 – 1273, in 1261 ruler over Ląd, regent of the Duchies of Masovia, Płock and Czersk during 1262 – 1264, ruler over Bydgoszcz during 1268 – 1273, Duke of Inowrocław during 1271 – 1273, and Duke of Gniezno-Kalisz since 1273 until his death.

The uprising had a significant effect on the Versailles decisions, which granted Poland not only the area won by the insurgents, but a portion of the Province of Pomerania, as well as a few cities which lay beyond the demarcation line: Bydgoszcz, Leszno ( then recpectively Bromberg and Lissa ), as well as Rawicz ( the Polish Corridor ).

Since 1999, Toruń has been a seat of the self-government of the Kujawy-Pomerania Province and, as such, is one of its two capitals ( together with Bydgoszcz ).

The rail connection with Bydgoszcz is run under a name " BiT City " as a " metropolitan rail ".

A joint venture of Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Solec Kujawski and the voivodeship, it is considered as important in integrating Bydgoszcz-Toruń metropolitan area.

Zbigniew " Zibì " Kazimierz Boniek (; born 3 March 1956 in Bydgoszcz ) is a former Polish footballer and coach.

It is connected to the Vistula by the river Noteć and the Bydgoszcz Canal ( Kanał Bydgoski ) near Bydgoszcz.

Thus there is argument that actions like the Gleiwitz incident and events in Bydgoszcz were all part of a larger Nazi plan to discredit the Poles.

Bydgoszcz (, ) is a city located in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers.

Bydgoszcz is part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Toruń, which totals over 850, 000 inhabitants.

Bydgoszcz is the seat of Casimir the Great University, University of Technology and Life Sciences and a conservatory, as well as a Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

Rafał Bruski is the current president of Bydgoszcz

Wyspa Młyńska ( Mill Island ) is among the most spectacular and atmospheric places in Bydgoszcz.

Saint Vincent de Paul ’ s Basilica, erected between 1925 and 1939, is the largest church in Bydgoszcz and one of the biggest in Poland.

It is worth noting that Bydgoszcz boasts the largest city park in Poland ( 830 ha ).

In Bydgoszcz there is a great number of villas in the concept of garden suburbs.

Bydgoszcz airport is also close by.

Liceum No. 1 in Bydgoszcz is one of Adams ' partner schools abroad

Wągrowiec () is a town in northwestern Poland, 50 km from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz.

Inowrocław is an industrial town located about 40 km southeast of Bydgoszcz known for its saltwater baths and salt mines.

Świecie () is a town in northern Poland with 25, 968 inhabitants ( 2006 ), situated in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ( since 1999 ); it was previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship ( 1975-1998 ).

It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), and was previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).

The Treaty of Bydgoszcz agreed in 1657 by King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland and Elector Frederick William II of Brandenburg-Prussia created a military alliance between Poland and Prussia while marking the withdrawal of Prussia from its alliance with Sweden.

Initially called the Pomeranian Voivodeship, it was created from the southern part of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodeship and superseded by the voivodeships of Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek.

Bydgoszcz – Toruń metropolitan area ( Polish: aglomeracja bydgosko-toruńska ) is the name of the bi-polar agglomeration in the middle of the Vistula river created by 2 cities: Bydgoszcz and Toruń.

Włocławek province was created in 1975, and the western part of Kujawy remained in Bydgoszcz province.

Nevertheless, one of the major avenues of the town of Bydgoszcz, located then in the Polish corridor, holds his name as sign of gratitude for campaigning for an independent Poland.

The club is based in the Pałac Młodzieży ( Palace of the Youth ) in Bydgoszcz, hence the name, truncated to only Pałac.

After the war, on the anniversary of his birthday ( April 11, 1946 ), the District Museum in Bydgoszcz took up his name in recognition of his outstanding achievements.