Editing Łódź (section)

===Early beginnings (1332–1815)===
[[File:Lodz1577.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|{{lang|la|Sigillum oppidi Lodzia}} – seal dating back to 1577]]

Łódź first appears in a 1332 written record issued by [[Władysław the Hunchback]], [[Duchy of Łęczyca|Duke of Łęczyca]], which transferred the village of Łodzia to the [[Bishopric of Włocławek]].{{sfn|Strumiłło|2015|p=1}} The document enumerated the privileges of its inhabitants, notably the right to [[grazing|graze]] land, establish [[pasture]]s and engage in [[Wood industry|logging]].{{sfn|Brunell|2005|p=161}} In 1423, [[King of Poland]] [[Władysław II Jagiełło]] officially granted town rights to the village under [[Magdeburg Law]].{{sfn|Lerski|1996|p=324}} For centuries, it remained a small remote settlement situated among woodlands and [[marsh]]es, which was privately held by the [[Kuyavia]]n bishops.{{sfn|Podgarbi|1990|p=33}} It was administratively located in the Brzeziny County in the [[Łęczyca Voivodeship]] in the [[Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Greater Poland Province]] of the Kingdom of Poland.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany|year=1998|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Historii [[Polish Academy of Sciences|Polskiej Akademii Nauk]]|page=3}}</ref> The economy was predominantly driven by [[agriculture]] and farming until the 19th century.{{sfn|Brunet-Jailly|2017|p=178}} The earliest two versions of the [[coat of arms]] appeared on [[seal (emblem)|seal emblems]] in 1535 and 1577, with the latter illustrating a boat-like vessel and a turned [[oar]].{{sfn|Puś|1987|p=10}}

With the [[Second Partition of Poland]] in 1793, Łódź was annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].{{sfn|Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne w Łodzi|1976|p=48}} In 1798, the Kuyavian bishops' ownership over the region was formally revoked during the [[Secularization (church property)|secularisation of church property]].{{sfn|Rosset|1962|p=5}} The town, governed by a [[burgomaster]] ({{lang|pl|burmistrz}}), at the time had only 190 residents, 44 occupied dwellings, a church and a prison.{{sfn|Brunell|2005|p=161}} In 1806, Łódź was incorporated into the Napoleonic [[Duchy of Warsaw]].{{sfn|Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne w Łodzi|1976|p=48}} In the aftermath of the 1815 [[Congress of Vienna]], the duchy was dissolved and the town became part of the [[Congress Kingdom of Poland]], a [[client state]] of the [[Russian Empire]].{{sfn|Malone|2007|p=210}}