Editing Włocławek

{{short description|City in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland}}
{{distinguish|Wrocław}}
{{For|the nearby town formerly known as Lesle or Junges Leslau|Inowrocław}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Włocławek
| settlement_type = [[City with powiat rights|City county]]
| image_skyline = Bazylika katedralna WNMP we Włocławku, widok z drona.jpg
| caption = Aerial view with the [[Włocławek Cathedral]]
| image_flag = POL Włocławek flag.svg
| flag_border = no
| image_shield = POL Włocławek COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|name=Kuyavian-Pomeranian}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties of Poland|Powiat]]
| subdivision_name2 = ''city county''
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = [[Krzysztof Kukucki]] ([[The Left (Poland)|L]])
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 9th century
| established_title2 = First mentioned
| established_date2 = 12th century
| established_title3 = City rights
| established_date3 = 1255
| area_total_km2 = 84.32
| population_as_of = 31 December 2021
| population_total = 106,928 {{decrease}} (34th)<ref name="population">{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=7 August 2022|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Data for territorial unit 0464000.</ref>
| population_metro = 210,516 <nowiki>(2005)</nowiki><ref>{{cite web | url=http://webnews.textalk.com/upload/bnrimg/document/4555-Polycentric%20development%20DEFRIS.pdf | title=Levels of polycentricity and preconditions for polycentric development in DEFRIS regions | author=Erik Gløersen | year=2005 | publisher=Nordregio | page=6 | access-date=4 February 2013 }}</ref>
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +01:00
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +02:00
| coordinates = {{coord|52|39|33|N|19|04|05|E|region:PL_type:city|display=title,inline}}
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 87-800 to 87-810, 87-812, 87-814, 87-816 to 87-818, 87-822
| area_code = +48 54
| blank_name = [[Vehicle registration plates of Poland|Car plates]]
| blank_info = CW
| website = {{URL|http://www.wloclawek.pl}}
}}
'''Włocławek''' ({{IPA|pl|vwɔˈt͡swavɛk|lang|Pl-Włocławek.ogg}}; {{langx|de|Leslau}} or ''Alt Lesle'',<ref name="Beider">{{cite journal |last1=Beider |first1=Alexander |title=Eastern Yiddish Toponyms of German Origin |journal=Yiddish Studies Today |date=2012 |volume=ISBN 978-3-943460-09-4; ISSN 2194-8879 |issue=düsseldorf university press, Düsseldorf 2012 |url=https://docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-23711/27_Leket_Beider_Eastern_Yiddish_Toponyms_of_German_Origin_A.pdf |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref> [[Yiddish]]: וולאָצלאַוועק, [[Yiddish orthography|romanized]]: ''Vlatzlavek'') is a city in the [[Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship]] in central Poland along the [[Vistula]] River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park.{{TERYT}} As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928.<ref name="population" />

Founded in the 9th century, Włocławek is located in the historical region of [[Kuyavia]], and was its administrative center and main city in the [[Middle Ages]]. Nowadays, Włocławek is the third largest city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (after [[Bydgoszcz]] and [[Toruń]]) and the main cultural and economic center of eastern Kuyavia. It is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek]], one of the oldest dioceses in Poland, since the 12th century, with the landmark [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[Włocławek Cathedral]] listed as a [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|Historic Monument of Poland]].<ref name=ph/> Poland's largest [[Hydroelectric power plant in Włocławek|hydroelectric power plant]] is also located there.

==History==
{{see also|Timeline of Włocławek}}
Włocławek's history dates back to the late [[Iron Age|Bronze Age]] – early Iron Age (1300 BCE – 500 BCE). Archaeological excavations conducted on the current city site uncovered the remains of a [[Human settlement|settlement]] belonging to the [[Lusatian culture]], as well as evidence of a settlement of early [[Pomeranian culture]] which had been established. Traces of additional settlements dating to the [[Roman period]] and the early [[Middle Ages]] have also been excavated in the area.<ref name="lo2.wloclawek.q4.pl">{{cite web|url=http://www.lo2.wloclawek.q4.pl/Comenius/kulturawl.pdf|title=About Włocławek|website=Lo2.wloclawek.q4.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>

===Middle Ages===
[[File:Castle of Włocławek.jpg|thumb|left|17th-century drawing of the medieval castle in Włocławek]]
{{Historical populations|1950|54536|1960|66820|1970|82599|1980|106771|1990|122144|2000|121833|2010|116914|2020|108561}}
The settlement was founded in the 9th century and its early inhabitants were occupied with agriculture and crafts.<ref name=atlas9>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Atlas historyczny miast polskich. Tom II: Kujawy. Zeszyt 4: Włocławek|year=2016|language=pl,en|location=Toruń|publisher=[[The Nicolaus Copernicus University Press|Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika]]|pages=9, 40|isbn=978-83-231-3551-7}}</ref> In the 10th century it became part of the emerging Polish state under the [[Piast dynasty]].<ref name=atlas9/> Already under the rule of [[Bolesław I the Brave]] it was one of Poland's most important administrative centers, as mentioned in the ''[[Gesta principum Polonorum]]'' chronicle from the 1110s, which also happens to be the oldest known mention of the city.<ref name=atlas9/> The name is derived from the Old Polish male name Włodzisław, possibly the founder of Włocławek.<ref name=atlas10>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Atlas historyczny miast polskich. Tom II: Kujawy. Zeszyt 4: Włocławek|pages=10, 41}}</ref> In the mid-10th century, under [[Casimir I the Restorer]], Włocławek was the seat of a [[castellany]] and the administrative center of [[Kuyavia]].<ref name=atlas9/>

One of the earliest references to the town came from an assistant to the [[Archbishop of Gniezno]] who was noted as residing in the town in 1123. Later the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek|Diocese of Włocławek]] ({{langx|la|Vladislaviensis}}) of [[Kuyavia]] in 1148, notates its existence in a [[papal bull|bull]] issued by [[Pope Eugene III]], while mentioning the first bishop of Włocławek as Warner. Warner was followed by an [[Italian people|Italian]], Onoldius; the diocese was recorded as "Włocławek and [[Pomerania]]" (''Vladislaviensis et Pomeraniae'').

In the 12th century, there was a mint and a customs chamber, where tolls were collected from ships and boats sailing on the Vistula and [[Zgłowiączka (river)|Zgłowiączka]] rivers.<ref name=atlas10/> A hospital was founded at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries,<ref name=atlas10/> whereas the local school was first mentioned in 1215.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Atlas historyczny miast polskich. Tom II: Kujawy. Zeszyt 4: Włocławek|pages=19, 50–51}}</ref>

Włocławek received its [[town privileges|city rights]] in 1255. During the 14th and 15th centuries, the city was destroyed and captured several times by the [[Teutonic Knights]] and renamed it Leslau.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)|Treaty of Thorn]], signed in 1411, resulted in short-lived peace for the city, however, it prospered from its involvement in the ransoming of the captured Teutonic Knights which was payable in three instalments and proved to be a hardship on the Prussian faction. Włocławek was located within the [[Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship]] of the [[Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Greater Poland Province]]. There is a possibility that [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], the later renowned astronomer, may have attended the local cathedral school in the late 15th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://szlakkopernikowski.pl/pl/wloclawek|title=Włocławek|website=Szlak Kopernikowski|access-date=11 December 2023|language=pl}}</ref>

===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>

===World War II===
{{multiple image |align=right |caption_align=center |perrow=2 |total_width=370 |header=Memorials to the victims of the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation]] in Włocławek (examples):
| image1 = 2008-05-26 Pomnik Pamięci Nauczycieli we Włocławku - zbliżenie.jpg
| image2 = Pomnik Kolejarzy Włocławek.JPG
| image3 = Plaque in Włocławek commemorating pulp and paper workers killed by the Nazis.jpg
| image4 = Włocławek-monument of killed pottery factory workers.jpg
| caption1 = Memorial at the site where Germans imprisoned Polish teachers and priests in 1939
| caption2 = Memorial to murdered Polish railwaymen
| caption3 = Memorial to murdered paper factory workers
| caption4 = Memorial to murdered pottery factory workers
}}
During [[World War II]], Włocławek was occupied by German troops, which entered the city on 14 September 1939. Under the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|Nazi German occupation]] Włocławek was again renamed Leslau, annexed by decree to the German Reich on 8 October 1939 and administered from 26 October as a part of Reichsgau Posen (renamed on 29 January 1940 [[Reichsgau Wartheland]]).

Already in September 1939, Germans committed a massacre of a group of local Jews<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=124}}</ref> and burned both synagogues. The ''[[Einsatzgruppen|Einsatzgruppe III]]'' entered the city between September 23 and October 5, 1939, and afterwards carried out mass arrests of local Poles in October and November as part of the ''[[Intelligenzaktion]]''.<ref>Wardzyńska, Maria, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', p. 57, 209</ref> Dozens of Catholic priests from Włocławek, including Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek [[Michał Kozal]], and lecturers and students of the seminary were arrested, and then deported in January 1940 to the [[Dachau concentration camp]], where most of them were killed.<ref name=ekai/><ref name=mw>Wardzyńska, Maria, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', p. 209</ref> [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the local seminary Henryk Kaczorowski and two students Bronisław Kostkowski and Tadeusz Dulny are now considered three of the [[108 Martyrs of World War II|108 Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II]] by the [[Catholic Church]].<ref name=ekai/> Local teachers were arrested in October 1939, and then deported to [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]] and murdered.<ref name=mw/> In late 1939, the ''[[SS]]'' and ''[[Selbstschutz]]'' burnt down the Grzywno district and murdered many of its inhabitants in the nearby village of [[Warząchewka Polska]].<ref name=mw2>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2017|title=Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=176|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}</ref> Poles from Włocławek were also massacred in the nearby village of [[Pińczata]].<ref name=mw2/><ref>Wardzyńska, Maria, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', p. 210</ref> Arrested Polish teachers, landowners and priests from the Włocławek and [[Lipno County|Lipno]] counties were also imprisoned in Włocławek, and some were later also deported to concentration camps and murdered.<ref>Wardzyńska, Maria, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', p. 175-176</ref>

Families of deported and murdered Poles, as well as the remaining residents of Grzywno were [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] to the so-called [[General Government]] in late 1939,<ref name=mw2/> and in 1940 also owners of shops, workshops and bigger houses were expelled, so their properties could be handed over to German colonists as part of the ''[[Lebensraum]]'' policy.<ref>Wardzyńska, Maria, ''Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945'', p. 226</ref> The Germans also [[Looting of Poland in World War II|robbed]] the precious historical collections of the Diocese of Włocławek and the Baroque Franciscan monastery<ref name=bpo/> and closed down the cathedral.<ref>Wardzyńska, Maria, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', p. 209-210</ref> The city's central square, ''Plac Wolności'' ("Liberty Square"), was renamed ''Adolf-Hitler-Platz'' by the Germans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ddwloclawek.pl/pl/545_historia/739_wloclawek_z_dawnych_lat/32541_tak-plac-wolno-ci-wygl-da-podczas-okupacji-niemieckiej-nosi-w-wczas-imi-adolfa-hitlera.html|title=Tak plac Wolności wyglądał podczas okupacji niemieckiej. Nosił wówczas imię Adolfa Hitlera|website=DDWloclawek.pl|access-date=27 June 2020|language=pl}}</ref> By the time the war ended, nearly the entire Jewish population of more than 10,000 had been murdered.
[[File:Włocławek-monument of AK.JPG|thumb|Monument of the [[Home Army]], the leading [[Polish resistance movement in World War II]]]]
Włocławek was captured on 20 January 1945 by [[Red Army|Soviet]] troops of the [[1st Belorussian Front]] during the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]]. From February to April 1945, the Russians [[Looting of Poland in World War II|looted]] local factories and enterprises of grain (over 200 tons), coal (over 50 tons), fuel, machinery, cars, spirits, office equipment, which were taken en masse to the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Golon|first=Mirosław|year=2022|title=Na zapleczu frontów Armii Czerwonej. Sowieckie zbrodnie, represje i grabieże na ziemiach polskich w 1945 r. (na przykładzie wybranych miast)|magazine=Studia Toruńskie|language=pl|volume=17|pages=62–63|issn=2392-1463}}</ref> Mass Soviet requisitions in the county caused food shortages in Włocławek.<ref>Golon, p. 64</ref> One third of the city was destroyed, but its factories and workshops were rebuilt by the [[People's Republic of Poland|Polish government]] in the following decades.

===Recent period===
The most important industries in Włocławek today are [[chemical industry]], production of [[furniture]], and [[food processing]]. The [[dam]] which was constructed in 1969 regulates the water level of the [[Vistula river]], forming [[Włocławek Reservoir]]. From 1975 to 1999, the city was the capital of the [[Włocławek Voivodeship]].

The Catholic [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] Fr. (now [[Beatification|Blessed]]), [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]], who was associated with the workers' and trade union movement [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]], and who was also a member of the opposition to the Communist regime in Poland, was tortured and murdered by three [[Security Police]] officers, and was thrown into the Włocławek Reservoir, close to the city. His body was recovered from the reservoir on 30 October 1984.

From 2012 the city is part of the Special Economic Zone - Włocławek Economic Development Area – Industrial and Technological Park with tax-free areas and incentives for investors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wloclawek.pl/strefa |title=W這c豉wska Strefa Rozwoju Gospodarczego - Park Przemys這wo-Technologiczny |access-date=17 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529204010/http://www.wloclawek.pl/strefa/ |archive-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===The Jewish Community in Włocławek===
[[File:Wloclawek Ghetto memorial.jpg|thumb|Memorial at the site of the former World War II ghetto]]
The Jewish population increased from 218 (6.6%) in 1820 to 6,919 in 1910 (20.5%) and 13,500 in 1939. One of the founders of the [[Mizrachi (religious Zionism)|Mizracḥi]] movement, rabbi Leib Kowalski (1895–1925), lived and worked in Włocławek. During the interbellum period, the town had several Jewish schools (primary and high schools), two yeshivas, and three Jewish sports clubs.<ref name="yivo">[http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/W%C5%82oc%C5%82awek Włocławek]. "The YIVO Encyclopedia. Jews in Eastern Europe". Retrieved 12 March 2015</ref>

With the beginning of the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–45)|German occupation of Poland]], Włocławek became the first town in Europe in which Jews were required to wear distinctive [[yellow badge]]s.<ref>"[https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10008211 Jewish Badge: During the Nazi Era]". [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]]. ushmm.org. Retrieved 3 May 2017.</ref> Murders of Jews began in 1939 and the Włocławek [[Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland|ghetto]] was created in November 1940. The Nazis deported 3,000 of Włocławek's Jews to ghettos and labor camps between December 1939 and June 1941. Some 2,000 Jews were deported to [[Łódź]] and then to the [[Chełmno extermination camp]] between 26 and 30 September 1941. The ghetto was burnt in late April 1942 after the remaining Jews were sent to Chelmno where they were immediately gassed.<ref name="yivo"/> Most of the Jews sent to the [[Łódź Ghetto]] died of starvation or illness, and many were sent to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] from Łódź.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Megargee |first1=Geoffrey |title=Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos |date=2012 |publisher=University of Indiana Press |location=Bloomington, Indiana |isbn=978-0-253-35599-7 |page=Volume II 118–119}}</ref>

After the war nearly 1000 Jews returned to Włocławek and re-established their community. However, Jews left after disputes within the community itself, and the desire of most Jews not to live under Communism, installed by the Soviets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wloclawek |url=https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/W%C5%82oc%C5%82awek |website=YIVO Encyclopedia of Eastern European Jews |publisher=YIVO}}</ref> By the late 1960s, the community had disappeared.

Today there is only very little, if any trace at all, of their once rich and lively community. There is a table for victims of Jewish ghetto in Włocławek's Rakutówek neighborhood (Polish Tablica Ofiar Getta we Włocławku) and Jewish Cemetery at Municipal/Communal Cemetery (Polish Cmentarz Komunalny we Włocławku).

==Historical monuments==
[[File:Wloclawek - kosciol Witalisa.JPG|thumb|St. Witalis Church]]

* Copernicus Square (Polish: ''Plac Kopernika'') is located near the cathedral school of the [[Basilica Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (Wloclawek, Poland)|Basilica Cathedral of St. Mary Assumption]] in Włocławek where [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] studied between 1488 and 1491. Together with his teacher, Mikołaj Wódka (Abstemius), he built a sundial for the Cathedral Basilica. In the square there is the monument of Nicolaus Copernicus, the main office of the Higher Seminary, founded in 1569 (second seminary in Poland, and also one of the oldest in the world).<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.glos.umk.pl/2010/04/kopernik/|title=Głos Uczelni - Kwiecień 2010 - Gdzie Kopernik chodził do "szkoły średniej"?|first=Artur|last=Sikora|website=Glos.umk.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>
* St. Witalis Church, 1330, is the oldest Gothic building in Włocławek. Inside the church there are works of Polish 15th-century painting, including a triptych with the scene of the Crowning of St. Mary (1460). In front of the Basilica Cathedral there is a monument of prominent Polish primate [[Stefan Wyszyński]] who lived in Włocławek between 1917 and 1946.<ref name="naszwloclawek.pl"/>
[[File:Wloclawek katedra 1.jpg|thumb|Basilica Cathedral of the St. Mary Assumption]]
[[File:Wloclawek katedra 3.jpg|thumb|180px|Sundial on the Cathedral wall]]
* Gothic Basilica Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption ({{langx|pl|Bazylika katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny}}) was built in 1340-1411 and was later rebuilt. It is one of the oldest and tallest (86 m) churches in Poland, and it is listed as a [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|Historic Monument of Poland]].<ref name=ph>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 grudnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Włocławek - katedra pod wezwaniem Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny"|year=2018|number=2421}}</ref> The basilica includes: 
: Tombstone of Piotr from Bnin, sculpted by [[Veit Stoss]] - 1493, 
: Chapter house - 1521
: Renaissance chapel - 1604-1611
: Gothic stained glass windows - 1360, the oldest ones in Poland
: Tombstone of Marcin Talibowski - 1493 
: Painting by [[Francisco de Zurbarán]] - 17th century
: The Tumski Crucifix
: The largest painting on a single board in Poland - 1470
: Stained glass windows by [[Józef Mehoffer]]
: Sculpture, The Last Supper - 1505 
: Painting by [[Juan Correa de Vivar]] - 1565
: Eucharistic Throne – one of the most magnificent silver masterpieces in Europe - 1744
: Candelabrum by Hans Meyer - 1596<ref>Włocławek Guidebook 2011, P. Nowakowski, MPEC Włocławek</ref>

[[File:Wloclawek - katedra - most - palac biskupi.jpg|thumb|Old Town in Włocławek]]
* The [[Henryk Sienkiewicz Park in Włocławek|Henryk Sienkiewicz Municipal Park]] (Polish: ''Park Miejski im. Henryka Sienkiewicza'') is one of the oldest parks in Poland. In the park there is a bust of [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], a prominent writer and the winner of the [[Nobel Prize]] for ''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]''.
* Bishop's Palace (''Pałac Biskupi'') is located on the Gdanska street by the river. It served as the bishop's residence from 1858 to 1861 and includes a garden.
* Marshall Józef Piłsudski Boulevards (''Bulwary im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego''): Historic houses in the Old Marketplace, Church of St. John the Baptist, Bridge of Marschall Edward Rydz-Smigły, Art Museum, Ethnographic Museum, high schools and Marshal Office.
[[File:Włocławek-Illumination of brewery B.JPG|thumb|B Brewery Cultural Center]]
[[File:Włocławek-Ambers Palace.JPG|thumb|Amber Palace (''Pałac Bursztynowy'')]]

* Brewery B Culture Center. The former brewery built in 1832 houses a modern culture center with a concert hall, culture associations, small cinema, museum of measurements and café.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ckbrowarb.pl/|title=Centrum Kultury Browar B|last=Apollo13.eu|website=Ckbrowarb.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>
* Black Granary (''Czarny Spichrz'') was built between the 18th and 19th centuries. It is the only construction of that kind that still exists in Poland. It currently houses the Dobrzynsko-Kujawskie Cultural Society and the Art Club Piwnica.
[[File:Wloclawek fara 2.jpg|thumb|right|Church of John the Baptist]]
* Church of St. John the Baptist (''Kościół pw. Św. Jana Chrzciciela'') have Gothic and Baroque style, brick-layered, from 1538. The interior is in the Baroque style, it includes a Guardian Angel painting (1635), a baroque font - 17th century, a Rococo pulpit - 18th century, a sculpture of John Baptist from Venice.
* All Saints church and Franciscan-Reformers cloister (''Kościół i Klasztor Ojców Franciszkanów'') was built in 1639–1644, in Baroque style with Gothic elements.<ref name=bpo/> Here is a Baroque aisle and Rococo altars from the 18th century.
* Evangelical church was built 1877–79, but in the 17th century was here a wooden church, with an interesting altar with painting in convention of [[Paul Delaroche]].
* Liberty (Freedom) Square (Polish: ''Plac Wolności'') It is the town's central square, with the monument dedicated to the Polish soldiers of the II World War, a hotel Zajazd Polski (18th century), restaurant, banks and shops. Here is the All Saints church and Franciscan-Reformers cloister, Mühsam Palace from the 19th century.
* The [[Włocławek Reservoir|Włocławek Dam]] (''Zapora Wodna na Wiśle, Tama we Włocławku'') was built in 1970 and is the largest reservoir in Poland. On the right river's bank a monumental crucifix has been erected to commemorate priest [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]] murdered by the communist police.
* Wzorcownia, shopping and entertainment center in the former [[faience]] factory of Teichefeld & Atserblum from 1873.<ref name="wloclawek.pl"/><ref>Włocławek i okolice, S. Kunikowski, Lega 2006</ref>
* Green Market (''Zielony Rynek'') is the historical place of trade. There are tenement houses from the 19th and 20th century, as well as a baker's shop, confectionery store, and clothes stores. Here is also the Main City Office with Mayor's Bureau and Gallery of Modern Art.<ref>Włocławek, Przewodnik Turystyczny, Andrzej Szczepański, UM WŁocławek</ref>
* Municipal/Communal Cemetery (''Cmentarz Komunalny we Włocławku'') - central cemetery in the city between streets: Komunalna, Chopina, Aleja Królowej Jadwigi. There are here parts: Polish, Jewish, German (Protestants, Evangelicals), Russian (Russian-Orthodox Church), victims of 1. and 2. World War. Here is also the Russian Orthodox Church.
* Numerous [[World War II]] memorials

==Museums==
[[File:Guercino Return of the prodigal son.jpg|thumb|''The Return of the Prodigal Son'' by [[Guercino]], 1651, Płock Diocesan Museum]]
* Diocesan Museum
Next to Basilica Cathedral there is the Diocesan Museum (Polish Muzeum Diecezjalne) with paintings by [[Guercino]], and prints by [[Albrecht Dürer]]. The Seminary Library of Chodynski Brothers keeps precious manuscripts, including missals from 1500.
* Museum of the Kujawy and Dobrzyn Land 
* Main Edifice
It hosts two permanent exhibitions: "Włocławek`s [[Faience]]" and "The Gallery of Polish portraits" with works by [[Józef Simmler]], [[Teodor Axentowicz]] (neoclassicism); [[Leon Wyczółkowski]] (impressionism); [[Jacek Malczewski]] and [[Vlastimil Hofman]] (symbolism), [[Józef Mehoffer]], [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]], [[Wojciech Kossak]], [[Alfons Karpiński]], [[Olga Boznańska]] (1920s and 1930s), [[Anthony van Dyck]] or [[Marcello Bacciarelli]].
* The Ethnography Museum
The museum is located in a historic granary and hosts an exhibition by Franciszek Tournelle. It showcases the most important elements of [[folk culture]] and equipment of house interior and farm of Kuyavia: farming, breeding, fishing, pottery, blacksmithing, cart-wrighting, cooperage, plaiting, historic folk sculpture, shrovetide customs, and musical instruments.
[[File:Kamieniczki XVI-XVIII Stary rynek 14-15 Włocławek hw.jpg|thumb|Museum of the History of Włocławek]]
* The Museum of the History of Włocławek
The museum consists of two historic [[Baroque]] houses from the 16th and 18th century on the Old Market. They exhibit artefacts connected with the history of Włocławek and Poland from archaeological excavations to Liberation of Włocławek in 1945 including the Bowl of Włocławek (10th century) and elements of knights armour (14th and 15th century), objects related to the economic life of Włocławek (16th and 17th century), measures and weights, treasures with coins from the 12th to 18th centuries, pharmaceutics from the 19th and 20th centuries, memorabilia of big industry in the 19th century, memorabilia of the Fire Department, sports trophies, uniforms, firearms, weapons, photographs and the archives of national uprisings, [[Polish-Soviet War]] (1919–1921), interwar decades, and [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], models of non-existent buildings (city hall, St. Wojciech Church and [[Church of St. Nicholas, Włocławek (1906–1925)|St. Mikołaj Orthodox Church]]) and the reconstruction of a photo atelier.
*The Art Collection
A sizeable art collection is also located in a granary built in 1839. There are two permanent exhibitions there: religious (human and animal sculptures by Stanisław Zagajewski known as "Polish Gaudi" from group of l`art brut) and an exhibition of works by Wacław Bębnowski (ceramic sculptures and functional objects with [[Art Nouveau]] motifs, naked nymphs and elements of the Far East). <br /> 
Exhibitions of Italian, German or Netherlandish art from 17th/18th centuries include: 
Paintings by [[Carlo Cignani]], [[Georg Philipp Rugendas]], [[Francesco de' Rossi]], 
graphs of [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Albrecht Altdorfer]], [[Heinrich Aldegrever]], [[Parmigianino]], [[Vespasiano Strada]] oder [[Lucas van Leyden]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muzeum.wloclawek.pl/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531114748/http://www.muzeum.wloclawek.pl/ |archive-date=31 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Archived copy">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aktywny.wloclawek.pl/ |title=Aktywny.wloclawek.pl |access-date=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313215929/http://www.aktywny.wloclawek.pl/ |archive-date=13 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Włocławek districts==
[[File:Wloclawek - Jednostki strukturalne - 2007.svg|thumb|right|250px|Włocławek districts]]
*''Michelin''
*''Południe'' (South)
*''Rybnica''
*''Śródmieście'' (City centre)
*''Wschód Leśny'' (East forest area)
*''Wschód Mieszkaniowy'' (East residential area), a.k.a. ''Dzielnica Wschód'' (East District)
*''Wschód Przemysłowy'' (East industrial area), a.k.a. ''Dzielnica Wschód'' (East District)
*''Zachód Przemysłowy'' (West industrial area)
*''Zawiśle''
*''Zazamcze.''
[[File:Plac Grodzki.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Wzorcownia, Gord Square (''Plac Grodzki'') in downtown (''Śródmieście'')]]
[[File:Tama Wloclawek skarpa.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Włocławek Dam – Hydroelectric Power Station in Włocławek (''Elektrownia Wodna we Włocławku'')]]

==Culture and free time==
[[File:Katedra p.w. Wniebowzięcia NMP we Włocławku3 N. Chylińska.JPG|thumb|Interior of the Włocławek Cathedral]]
[[File:Plac wolnosci wloclawek.jpg|thumb|220px|''Plac Wolności'' (Liberty Square)]]
* Culture center Browar B
* OSIR - Sports center with new football stadium, swimming pool, aqua park, tennis courts or sea resorts
* Yacht areas: Przystań nad Wisłą OSIR we Włocławku, Przystań OSIR nad Zalewem Włocławskim (with place for campers), Marina Yacht Club Anwil in Zarzeczewo (with place for camping)
* Wakepark Włocławek
* Theater: Teatr Impresaryjny im. W. Gniazdowskiego, Teatr "Nasz", Teatr Skene
* Gallery of Modern Art, Galeria at Kuyavia-Dobrzyń Culture Society, Galeria SK, Galeria Migawka, Galeria Antresola,
* Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park with over 40 lakes
* Rope parks: Park Linowy Włocławek Jezioro Czarne (at Lake Czarne) or Park Linowy Włocławek Aleja Kazimierza Wielkiego (at Kazimierz Wielki Avenue)
* Airport Kruszyn and Aeroklub Włocławek
* Horse clubs: Arabians Falborek, Pensjonat Michelin, Klub Jeździecki Bogucin
* Quad-Park in Włocławek.
* A developed network of bike lanes.<ref name="wloclawek.pl">{{cite web|url=http://www.wloclawek.pl|title=Urząd Miasta Włocławek|first=Logonet Sp. z o.o.; Programmer: Marcin 'MiGoo'|last=Gębski|website=Wloclawek.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polen-digital.de/wloclawek/wloclawek-die-stadt-der-aktiven-erholung|title=Wloclawek - die Stadt der aktiven Erholung|website=Polen-digital.de|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Archived copy"/>

==Sports clubs==
[[File:PLK Anwil-Trefl.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Polish Basketball League]] match between [[Anwil Włocławek]] and [[Trefl Sopot]] in Włocławek in 2013]]
* [[Anwil Włocławek]] – men's basketball team, which competes in the [[Polish Basketball League|country's top flight]], three-time Polish Champion (2003, [[2017–18 PLK season|2018]], [[2018–19 PLK season|2019]])
* [[Włocłavia Włocławek]] – men's [[association football|football]] team, which competes in the lower leagues, and played on the [[I liga|Polish second tier]] in season 1997–1998
* [[Kujawiak Włocławek]] – defunct men's football team, which competed on the second tier in season 2004–2005
* [[Włocławek Rowing Society]] ''(Włocławskie Towarzystwo Wioslarskie)'' - rowing team, former Polish and world Champions; created in 1886.

==Business==
[[File:Włocławek-Delecta Factory.JPG|thumb|Delecta food factory]]
According to ''[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]'' report:<ref>Jeremi Jędrzejkowski, Anna Ogonowska-Rejer, lista największych polskich przedsiębiorstw, uszeregowana według przychodów, [w:] "Lista 2000 – polskie przedsiębiorstwa" (wydawana łącznie z "Rzeczpospolitą"), numer z 24 października 2012 r., s. 22-47</ref> the major corporations are:
* [[Anwil SA]] - [[Orlen]] Group, Poland
* [[Brügmann sp. z o.o.]] - Salamander Industrie Produkte Group, Germany
* [[Guala Closures]] DGS Poland SA - Italy
* [[Indorama Ventures]] - Poland, India/Thailand
* [[PSH Lewiatan]] - Poland
* [[Wika]] Polska - Germany

There are many other international companies: Delecta (Rieber&Son)- Orkla Group, Norway; Top2000 - Hamelin Group, France; Drumet - WireCo Group, USA; Kujawianka/ ATlanta Poland (Bakal Group), Poland; ACPCO2 - Belgium; Koło, Sanitec Group - France; Teutonia, Newell Rubbermaid Group - USA; Solvay - Belgium; ACV- Belgium; Remwil, Orlen Group, Poland; Budizol, Poland; Naturana - Germany; PV Prefabet, PV Group - Germany. Many transport and logistic companies have branches in or near the city.

From 2012 the city is part of the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone - Włocławek Economic Development Area – Industrial and Technological Park with tax-free areas and incentives for investors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wloclawek.pl/strefa/media/4/foldery/english.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110100626/http://www.wloclawek.pl/strefa/media/4/foldery/english.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city is located at the [[A1 autostrada (Poland)|A1 highway]] and close to the [[A2 autostrada (Poland)|A2 highway]], directly to three Polish [[National roads in Poland|National roads]], riverway (Vistula) to [[Gdańsk]], [[Berlin]] or [[Warsaw]] and fast rail line with many directions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visitwloclawek.blogspot.com//p/business.html/|title=Visit Włocławek|website=Visitwloclawek.blogspot.com|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> Włocławek has also own energy plants (Power Plant of Anwil/ Orlen, Municipal Power Plant of City Włocławek, Water Power Plant on Vistula River).

Another investment in Włocławek is Teren Inwestycyjny Papieżka (Investment area Papiezka) with full infrastructure and railway siding.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.wloclawek.pl/aktualnosci/13055_52869.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150602110919/http://www.wloclawek.pl/aktualnosci/13055_52869.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2015-06-02 |title = Włocławek - oficjalny serwis miejski}}</ref>

There are also big investment areas near Włocławek, for example in Brześć Kujawski (Brzeska Strefa Gospodarcza/ BSG). It is directly at A1 motorway ("Amber One"), railway number 18 and has 470 ha open areas for different investments. There are here internal roads, lighting, power and water infrastructure. Here are public and private lots, the most of them free of real estate tax and CIT tax. Here invested already Raben Group and [[Mercator Medical S.A.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inwestuj.brzesckujawski.pl|title=Strona główna|website=Inwestuj.brzesckujawski.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ddwloclawek.pl/pl/19_wiadomo_ci_z_regionu/13523_brzesc_kujawski_inwestuje_w_strefe_gospodarcza.html|title=Brześć Kujawski inwestuje w strefę gospodarczą|website=Ddwloclawek.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ddwloclawek.pl/pl/12_biznes/13936_mercator_medical_s_a_rozbudowuje_centrum_logistyczne_w_brzesciu_kujawskim.html|title=Mercator Medical S.A. rozbudowuje Centrum Logistyczne w Brześciu Kujawskim|website=Ddwloclawek.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>

Another investment zone with full infrastructure is Czerniewice Logistic Park of company Arplast in [[Czerniewice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Czerniewice]], it is also at A1 motorway and railway line. The biggest advantage is its own railway siding, that is very rare in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chocen.pl|title=Urząd Gminy w Choceniu - aktualności i wydarzenia|website=Chocen.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
===Universities and colleges===
[[File:Wloclawek dawne starostwo (1).jpg|thumb|''PWSZ we Włocławku'' (Higher Vocational State School in Włocławek)]]
Currently there are five universities or colleges or branches: 
* Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa PSWW Włocławek/Higher State School in Włocławek PSWW (former PWSZ we Włocławku/ Higher Vocational State School PWSZ in Włocławek)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psww.pl/ |title=Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa we Włocławku |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212413/http://www.psww.pl/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna WSHE Włocławek/ College of Humanistics and Economics WSHE in Włocławek<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wshe.pl/|title=wshe.pl|website=Wshe.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>
* Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna Włocławek / Higher Technical School in Włocławek<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wst.wloclawek.pl/ |title=Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna - O Uczelni |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516234641/http://wst.wloclawek.pl/ |archive-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Umiejętności Łódź, branch in Włocławek/ Higher School of IT and Skills<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wsinf.edu.pl/wloclawek/|title=Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Umiejętności|last=Mensch-Studio.com|website=Wsinf.edu.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>
* Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu Wydział Teologiczny we Włocławku (Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Włocławek)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.diecezja.wloclawek.pl/wsd/index.htm |title=Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Włocławskiej |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523072441/http://web.diecezja.wloclawek.pl/wsd/index.htm |archive-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teologia.umk.pl/|title=Wydział Teologiczny - Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu|website=Teologia.umk.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>

===High schools===
* [[I LO im. Ziemi Kujawskiej]], ul. Mickiewicza 6 in Włocławek is one of the best high school in the city and in the [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
: History of the school

:In early 1900 the Committee of Civic, which was chaired by Louis Bauer requested the Ministry of Finance to set up a trade school. 27 April 1900, the Ministry of Finance agreed to the creation of Włocławskie Siedmioklasowej School of Economics. The founders of the school were 104 inhabitants. The school admitted students were between the ages of 8 and 11 years who, after the annual rate became the first class of students. Powers available to the school received a state school,
* Publiczne Liceum im. Jana Długosza we Włocławku
* II LO im. Mikołaja Kopernika, ul. Urocza 3
* III LO im. Marii Konopnickiej, ul. Bechiego 1
* IV LO im. Kamila Krzysztofa Baczyńskiego, ul. Kaliska 108
* V LO im. Unii Europejskiej, ul. Toruńska 77/83/

==Twin areas==
[[File:319)A Bank Gospdarstwa krajowego 1911 Włocławek ul. Żabia 2 HWsnajper01.JPG|thumb|Old bank building on Żabia Street]]
This area has twinning with the following:
:{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Mogilev]],<ref name="Town Twinning">[http://www.wloclawek.pl/aktualnosci/12936_39184.html z aktualności Urzędu Miasta – ''Town Twinning'']</ref> Belarus;
:{{flagicon|UK}} [[Bedford]],<ref name="Town Twinning"/> United Kingdom;
:{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Izmail]],<ref name="Town Twinning"/> Ukraine;
:{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Saint-Avold]],<ref name="Town Twinning"/> France.

==Notable people==
[[File:Nagórski Jan.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jan Nagórski]]]]
[[File:Thadeus Reichstein ETH-Bib Portr 10137.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tadeusz Reichstein]]]]
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* [[Andrzej Kalwas]] (born 1936), Polish politician, businessman and solicitor
* [[Sholem Asch]] (1880 –1957), Polish-Jewish writer
* [[Katy Carr]] (born 1980), British singer, she spent childhood in Włocławek
* [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] (1473–1543), astronomer, may have studied in the cathedral school in Włocławek run by Mikołaj Wodka (Abstemius) in 1488–91; Wodka and his pupil probably built a [[sundial]], that we can see on Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Mary,<ref name="naszwloclawek.pl">{{cite web|url=http://www.naszwloclawek.pl/historia.php|title=Włocławek - Historia|first=Tomasz|last=P.|website=Naszwloclawek.pl|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
* [[Anton Denikin]] (1872–1947), Russian Lieutenant General in the [[Imperial Russian Army]] 
* [[Jerzy Engel]] (born 1952), former coach of [[Poland national football team]]
* [[Roman Kozłowski]] (1889–1977), Polish paleontologist
* [[Francis de Sales Lewental]] (1839–1902), publisher
* [[Julian Marchlewski]] (1866–1925), Polish and German [[Communism|communist]] politician, born in Włocławek
* [[Leon Marchlewski]] (1869–1946), Polish chemist, one of the founders in the field of chlorophyll chemistry
* [[Aharon Megged]] (1920–2016), Israeli author, awarded the [[Israel Prize]] for literature
* [[Henryk Muszyński]] (born 1933), Polish bishop
* [[Jan Nagórski]] (1888–1976), Polish engineer and [[aviation history|pioneer of aviation]], the first man to fly over the North Pole
* [[Pawel Pogorzelski]] (born 1979), Polish-born Canadian cinematographer.
* [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]] (1947–1984), Polish Blessed Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity trade union]] in communist Poland. He was killed in 1984 by three agents of [[Służba Bezpieczeństwa]] (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs)
* [[Bernard Pullman]] (1919–1996), French theoretical quantum chemist
* [[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]] (1920–2013), German literary critic, known as "Pope of literature's critic", he had one of the most important TV-shows in Germany
* [[Tadeusz Reichstein]] (1897–1996), Polish-Swiss [[Nobel Prize]] Winner in chemistry
* [[Maryla Rodowicz]] (born 1945), popular Polish Singer
* [[Chaim F. Shatan]] (1924–2001), Canadian physician and psychiatrist who defined [[posttraumatic stress disorder]]
* [[Marie Steiner-von Sivers]] (1867–1948), German-Russian co-founder of Anthroposophy and the art of eurythmy
* [[Rachel Steinman Clarke]] (died 1944), violinist
* [[Jakub Świnka]] (?–1314), Polish bishop
* [[Henri Tajfel]] (1919–1982), Polish social psychologist
* [[Joseph Tykociński-Tykociner]] (1877–1969) Polish engineer and a pioneer of [[sound-on-film]] technology.
* [[Stefan Wyszyński]] (1901–1981), influential Polish bishop and cardinal, known as "Primate of the Millennium"
* [[Stanisław Zagajewski]] ({{circa|1927–2007}}) was a [[Self-taught art|self-taught]] sculptor
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==References==
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==External links==
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{{External links|section|date=December 2017}}
* {{in lang|en}} [http://www.wloclawek.pl/english/ Municipal website]
* {{in lang|pl}} [http://www.it.wloclawek.pl/ Website of tourist information]
* {{in lang|en|de}} [http://www.visitwloclawek.blogspot.com Blog of tourism in Włocławek and Kujawy]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15680b.htm The history of Diocese of Włocławek in Catholic Encyclopedia] (1913)

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