Bydgoszcz (pol)

Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz ranks 745th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nairobi, Salford, and Mulhouse. Memorable people born in Bydgoszcz include Marian Rejewski, Zbigniew Boniek, and Kurt Tank. Memorable people who died in Bydgoszcz include Richard Hildebrandt, Teresa Ciepły, and Adam Papée. Bydgoszcz has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Bydgoszcz is located in Poland.

Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its left-bank tributary, the Brda, the strategic location of Bydgoszcz has made it an inland port and a vital centre for trade and transportation. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021, Bydgoszcz is the eighth-largest city in Poland. Today, it is the seat of Bydgoszcz County and one of the two capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship as a seat of its centrally appointed governor, a voivode. Read more on Wikipedia