Wieluń - Wieluń

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Country	Poland
Region	Łódź voivodeship
Surface	16.9 km²
Population	24 033
Area code	48 43
Postal Code	98-300
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Wieluń - city in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, headquarters Wieluń County and Wieluń commune.

The city center today - bird's eye view

Wieluń Monument to the January Insurgents

Wieluń Monument to teachers who died in 1939-1945

A fragment of the Wieluń defensive walls - the powder magazine tower (view from the town hall tower)

Town Hall and the Kraków Gate

Collegiate Church of Corpus Christi

Wieluń Square Legionów

Wieluń Nowy Rynek

"Teacher's House" in Wieluń

Former sugar factory in Wieluń - old hall from 1912

Characteristic

World War II began with the bombing of Wieluń on September 1 at 4:40 a.m. and was carried out by Luftwaffe dive bombers. It is often cited as an example of Nazi bestiality and unjustified terror, the terror of German aviation during World War II. Almost the entire city, of no strategic importance, was destroyed, and most of the population was killed.

Geographical location: 51 ° 13′21 ″ N 18 ° 34′26 ″ E

Drive

By plane

The nearest airport is in Lodz in Lublinek, is served by the so-called low cost airlines. Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysław Reymont [1] (IATA: LCJ, ICAO: EPLL), tel. 48 42 688 84 14, [email protected]

By rail

There is the Wieluń Dąbrowa railway station in the south-western part of the city and a stop Wieluń Town located right next to the viaduct over the national road No. 8, the railway line No. 181 Herby Nowe-Krzepice-Wieluń, built in 1926, runs through the town.Wieruszów-Kepno-Syców-Olesnica (originally built as Kalety-Podzamcze). It operated until August 31, 1979 The Wieluń Narrow Gauge Railwaythat connected Wieluń with Praszka.

By car

Wieluń is an important communication junction.

The following national roads run through the city:

national road 74: Wieluń - A1 motorway - Piotrkow Trybunalski – Kielce – Zamosc - Country Border (Ukraine)
national road no. 43: Wieluń - A1 motorway - Czestochowa
national road No. 45: Racibórz – Opole – Kluczbork - Wieluń - S8 – (Poznan/Łódź)

and provincial roads:

Voivodeship road No. 481: Wieluń - Graces – (Łódź)
Voivodeship road No. 486: Wieluń - Działoszyn – (Radomsko).

Construction is currently underway the northern bypass cities along the national road No. 74.

The S8 expressway runs in the vicinity of Wieluń, with two road junctions near the town: "Wieluń" to the west and "Złoczew" to the north of Wieluń.

The construction of the 70-kilometer one is also announced the "Kalisko-Wieluński" route connecting Wieluń with Kalisz.

By bus

By ship

Communication

Worth seeing

Sights of the city:

Defensive walls
- Relics of the Powder Magazine Tower and the Treasury Tower, the Torment Tower and the Swawola Tower
- Kraków Gate and town hall
- Kaliska Gate
Former castle
Corpus Christi Collegiate Church
St. Nicholas and the Bernardine Convent
St. Barbara
Church and Reformed Monastery
The building of the former Piarist College
St. Joseph
Evangelical Church
building Museum of the Wieluń Region
Cemeteries - Roman catholic and the Evangelical Cemetery
The rectory of the parish of St. Joseph
Wieluński House of Culture - former church

Nearest neighborhood

work

Science

Shopping

Gastronomy

Festivals, parties

Accommodation

contact

Security

Tourist information

The hiking trail of the Wieluń Jura and several bicycle routes has its origins in Wieluń. The Horse Trail of the Wieluń Jura also begins at the city border. Most of the hiking trails pass through the nearby one Załęczański Landscape Park.