In the 15th-16th centuries Bydgoszcz was a significant site of corn trade, one of the biggest cities in Poland. In 1657 the Treaty of Bydgoszcz was signed there.
Bydgoszcz followed the history of Greater Poland until 1772, when it was annexed by Prussia. During this time, the canal was built from Bydgoszcz to Nak?o which connected the north flowing Vistula river via the Brda to the west flowing Note?, which in turn flowed to the Oder via the Warta. In 1807 became part of the Duchy of Warsaw (French Duchy de Varsovie). In 1815 back to Prussia as the part of autonomous Grand Duchy of Poznan and capital of the one of the districts, called Bromberg district. After 1871 was included into German Empire as part Province of Posen. After World War I the Great Poland Uprising, returned to Poland in 1919. 1938 shifted to Pomerania Voivodship, where it was the biggest city. 1939-1945 occupied by Germany and became part of the Reichsgau Wartheland. Some of the war’s most violent early atrocities were centered here, known as Bromberg Bloody Sunday. Bydgoszcz (Fordon) was the site of the German concentration camp Bromberg-Ost, subcamp of Stutthof.
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Warta (Latin: Varta, German: Warthe) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometers it is the country's third longest river. Warta has a basin area of 54,529. It is connected to the Vistula by the river Note? and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kana? Bydgoski).
It flows out of Upper Silesia (the Silesian Voivodship) near Zawiercie, flows through Lodz Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land where it empties into river Oder near Kostrzyn. It is connected to river Vistula by the Note? river and the Bydgoszcz Canal near Bydgoszcz.
Cities
Zawiercie
Cz?stochowa
Dzia?oszyn
Sieradz
Warta, Town
Dobra
Ko?o
Konin
Pyzdry
?rem
Mosina
Puszczykowo
Lubo?
Pozna?
Oborniki
Obrzycko
Wronki
Sieraków
Mi?dzychód
Skwierzyna
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Kostrzyn
Right tributaries
Widawka
Ner
We?na
Note?
Left
Koronowo is a town located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, 25km from Bydgoszcz, Poland.
?wiecie is a town in northern Poland with 27,000 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1975-1998).
Mogilno is a town in central Poland, situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1975-1998).
Major corporations
PUH Chemirol sp. z o.o., Mogilno
Kruszwica is a town in central Poland.
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1975-1998).
Major corporations
Zak?ady T?uszczowe Kruszwica SA, Kruszwica
