Brodnica 386957 224482801 2008-07-09T01:18:55Z Alaibot 1324179 Robot: sorting stub (based on existing categorisation) {{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)]] {{coor title dm|53|15|N|19|24|E|}} <br> {{Brodnica County}} {{Brodnica-geo-stub}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]] [[de:Brodnica]] [[eo:Brodnica]] [[fr:Brodnica]] [[id:Brodnica]] [[it:Brodnica (Cuiavia-Pomerania)]] [[jv:Brodnica]] [[lv:Brodņica]] [[nl:Brodnica (stad)]] [[pl:Brodnica]] [[pt:Brodnica]] [[ro:Brodnica]] [[ru:Бродница]] [[sr:Бродњица]] [[sv:Brodnica]]