Editing Włocławek (section)

===Modern era===
[[File:Włocławek-Kopernik Square on photograph by Sztejner.jpg|thumb|left|Włocławek in 1896]]
The city's prosperity came from river transport of grain from Kuyavia, the collection of tolls on grain floated from the more southern part of Poland to the country's main port of [[Gdańsk]], transport of timber from the [[Narew]], [[Bug (river)|Bug]] and upper Vistula rivers for export to Western Europe and [[brewing]].<ref name=pipw19>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Przewodnik ilustrowany po Włocławku|year=1922|language=pl|location=Włocławek|publisher=Księgarnia Powszechna i Drukarnia Diecezjalna we Włocławku|pages=19–20}}</ref> This is mentioned in the 1595 poem ''Flis, to jest Spuszczanie statków Wisłą i inszymi rzekami do niej przypadającymi'' by [[Sebastian Klonowic]].<ref name=pipw19/>

In 1569, Bishop [[Stanisław Karnkowski]] founded a theological seminary in Włocławek, one of the oldest seminaries in Poland.<ref name=ekai>{{cite web|url=https://ekai.pl/450-lat-temu-powstalo-seminarium-we-wloclawku/|title=450 lat temu powstało seminarium we Włocławku|website=eKAI.pl|author=Artur Niemira|date=12 October 2019 |access-date=27 June 2020|language=pl}}</ref> In 1625, the Reformed Franciscans were brought to Włocławek by Bishop Andrzej Lipski, and soon their [[Baroque in Poland|Baroque]] monastery was built.<ref name=bpo>{{cite web|url=https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/wloclawek-zespol-klasztorny-franciszkanow|title=Zespół klasztorny Franciszkanów|website=Zabytek.pl|author=Bernardeta Popek-Olszowa|accessdate=8 August 2021|language=pl}}</ref>

The city was ravaged by the Swedes during the [[Deluge (history)|Swedish invasion of Poland]] in 1657 and by the Russians during the [[Great Northern War]] in 1707.<ref name=pipw19/> In 1790, Polish national hero [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] stayed in Włocławek.<ref name=pipw21/>

After the [[Second Partition of Poland]] of 1793, Włocławek became part of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. It was the site of Polish resistance during the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] of 1794, when {{ill|Dionizy Mniewski|pl}} sank Prussian ships with ammunition headed for [[Siege of Warsaw (1794)|besieged Warsaw]].<ref name=pipw21>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Przewodnik ilustrowany po Włocławku|page=21}}</ref> After the [[Treaties of Tilsit]] in 1807 it became part of the Polish short-lived [[Duchy of Warsaw]]. Subsequently, after the [[Congress of Vienna]] it became part of [[Congress Kingdom of Poland]] in the [[Russian Partition]] of Poland in 1815. Polish insurgents operated in the city and in its vicinity during the [[January Uprising]] of 1863–1864. The insurgents clashed with Russian troops in Włocławek on November 8, 1863, and February 17, 1864.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zieliński|first=Stanisław|title=Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu|year=1913|language=pl|publisher=Fundusz Wydawniczy [[Polish Museum, Rapperswil|Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu]]|location=Rapperswil|pages=50, 53}}</ref> The oldest Polish theological journal ''{{interlanguage link|Ateneum Kapłańskie|pl}}'' has been published in Włocławek since 1909.<ref name=ekai/> The city was again destroyed during the battles of [[Eastern Front (World War I)|German offensive]] during the [[First World War]].

When Poland declared independence in 1918, local Poles disarmed the Germans and liberated the city.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Przewodnik ilustrowany po Włocławku|page=34}}</ref> In 1920, Poles successfully defended the city against the invading Soviets during the [[Polish–Soviet War]].<ref name=wpb>{{cite web|url=https://bydgoszcz.tvp.pl/8267323/wojna-polskobolszewicka-zostawila-trwaly-slad-w-historii-wloclawka|title=Wojna polsko-bolszewicka zostawiła trwały ślad w historii Włocławka|website=TVP3 Bydgoszcz|author=Marta Karpińska|access-date=27 June 2020|language=pl}}</ref>