Inowrocław poviat - a district in northern Poland, village in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, located on the border Kuyavia and the Chełmno Land. The seat of the poviat authorities is Inowrocław.
Administration
The poviat consists of:
- municipalities: Inowrocław
- urban-rural communes: Gniewkowo, Janikowo, Kruszwica, Pakość
- rural communes: Dąbrowa Biskupia, Inowrocław, Rojewo, Złotniki Kujawskie
- cities: Inowrocław, Gniewkowo, Janikowo, Kruszwica, Packiness
History
The Starosty of Inowrocław was first established by Casimir the Great in the 14th century. In 1466, Inowrocław became the capital of the Inowrocław Province covering the north-western part of Kujawy. This state of affairs lasted until 1772, when the area was taken over by Prussia. Germanization intensified then and the settlement of Germans increased. In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte marched through Inowrocław on his way to Moscow. In 1919, after over a hundred years of occupation, the area of Kujawy was incorporated into the Second Polish Republic. After the interwar period, World War II broke out. At the beginning of the war, the Germans carried out mass displacements of the Polish and Jewish people. Later, prisoners of war were brought to the region on their way to special camps, which were located, for example, in Mątwy. After the end of the war, patriotic activities, which were suppressed by the Soviet communists, intensified in the poviat. In the years 1950–1998, the region administratively belonged to the Bydgoszcz Province. The Inowrocław County was restored on January 1, 1999.
Worth seeing
- Palace and park complex in Kobylniki
- Palace and park complex in Janków
- The Mouse Tower and the Romanesque collegiate church in Kruszwica
- Brine graduation towers and the market square in Inowrocław
- Palace and the 15th-century church in Janikowo
- The monastery, the square and the Way of the Cross in Pakość
- Wooden church in Pierania
- Manor complex in Lisewo Kościelny
- Heritage Center of the West Kujawy in Łojewo
- Nadgoplański Tysiąclecia Park Landscape Park
Tourist routes
- The Piast Trail
- Cistercian route
- Trail to them. Jan Kasprowicz
- Trail to them. General W. Sikorski
- Trail of Greater Poland Insurgents