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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Brodnica
| image_skyline = Brodnica z wiezy zamk k sw Katarzyny.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Town center
| image_shield = POL Brodnica COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Kuyavian-Pomeranian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Brodnica County]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = Brodnica <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Wacław Bronisław Derlicki
| established_title = Established
| established_date = [[13th century]]
| established_title3 = Town rights
| established_date3 = 1298
| area_total_km2 = 23.15
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 27624
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| latd = 53 | latm = 15 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 24 | longs = | longEW = E
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 87-300 to 87-302
| area_code = +48 56
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = CBR
| website = http://www.brodnica.pl }}
{{Commonscat|Brodnica}}
'''Brodnica''' {{Audio-IPA-pl|pl-Brodnica.ogg|b|r|o|d|'|n|i|c|a}} ({{lang-de|Strasburg}}) 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 [[Partitions of Poland|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 people|Polish]] inhabitants were murdered during [[World War II]] by the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] and the [[Selbstschutz]]; after the war, an unknown number of [[German people|German]] inhabitants were expelled or killed by the [[Red Army]] during the [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|expulsion of the Germans]].
Also see: [[History of Prussia]]
== External links ==
*[http://brodnica.miasto.biz/index.php?lang=en Town council Brodnica (EN)]
[[Image:Brodnica (js)2.jpg|180px|thumb|left|Castle in Brodnica (tower)]]
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