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Place in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland| Brodnica | |
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 Town center | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Brodnica County |
| Gmina | Brodnica (urban gmina) |
| Established | 13th century |
| Town rights | 1298 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wacław Bronisław Derlicki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.15 km (8.94 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 27,624 |
| • Density | 1,200/km (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 87-300 to 87-302 |
| Area code | +48 56 |
| Car plates | CBR |
| Website | http://www.brodnica.pl |
Brodnica Template:Audio-IPA-pl (Template:Lang-de) is a town in northern Poland with 27,400 inhabitants as of 1995. Previously in Toruń Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, Brodnica has been situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. It is the seat of Brodnica County, and also gives its name to the protected area known as Brodnica Landscape Park.
History
The town Strasburg in Prussia began as settlement in 1262, and it received German town law in 1298. It was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland, but was incorporated into the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. From 1815-1920 it was again under Prussian administration, becoming part of the Prussian-led German Empire in 1871.
After World War I the town become part of Poland in 1920, after the Treaty of Versailles.
Anna Vasa of Sweden, royal sister of Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland, Lithuania and Sweden lived in Brodnica from 1604 until 1625 when she died there.
Approximately 1,000 Polish inhabitants were murdered during World War II by the SS and the Selbstschutz; after the war, an unknown number of German inhabitants were expelled or killed by the Red Army during the expulsion of the Germans.
Also see: History of Prussia
External links
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53°15′N 19°24′E / 53.250°N 19.400°E / 53.250; 19.400
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| Seat: Brodnica (urban gmina) | ||
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