Editing Bydgoszcz (section)

===Post-war period===
[[File:Stary Rynek w Bydgoszczy edit.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Contemporary rear view of the [[Old Market Square, Bydgoszcz|Old Market Square]] with [[Mill Island, Bydgoszcz|Mill Island]], [[Opera Nova Bydgoszcz|Opera Nova]], and [[Nordic Haven]] in the background.]]
In the same year 1945, the city was made the seat of the [[Pomeranian Voivodship]], the northern part of which was soon separated to form [[Gdańsk Voivodeship (1945–1975)|Gdańsk Voivodship]]. The remaining part of the Pomeranian Voivodship was renamed [[Bydgoszcz Voivodeship]] in 1950. In 1951 and 1969, [[Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology]] and [[Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz]] were founded respectively.

In 1973, the former town of [[Fordon (Bydgoszcz district)|Fordon]], located on the left bank of the Vistula, was included in the city limits<ref name="EP"/> and became the easternmost district of Bydgoszcz. In March 1981, [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]]'s activists [[Bydgoszcz events|were violently suppressed in Bydgoszcz]].

With the [[Polish local government reforms]] of 1999, Bydgoszcz became the seat of the governor of a province entitled [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]]. In 2005, [[Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz|Casimir the Great University]] was opened in Bydgoszcz.

Currently, Bydgoszcz is the biggest center of [[NATO]] headquarters in Poland, the most known being the [[Joint Force Training Centre]]. In May 2023, debris of a Russian [[Kh-55]] [[Air-to-surface missile|air-sol missile]] was found in the forest of the near village [[Zamość, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Zamość]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-10 |title=Military object found in Polish forest was Russian missile - media |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/military-object-found-polish-forest-was-russian-missile-media-2023-05-10/ |access-date=2023-05-31}}</ref>