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Bronisław Kłobucki
Bronisław Kłobucki (1896–1944), was a Polish sculptor and painter whose works are associated with Bydgoszcz and its region. Biography Youth in Prussian Bromberg His parents were Stanisław and Marcjanna, née Strysik. They moved to Bydgoszcz in 1894, coming from the village of Taszewskie Pole, near Jeżewo (Świecie county), as the father, a master carpenter, found work in the locally well-known furniture factory of Otto Pfefferkon, then located in Dworcowa Street, Bahnhoffstraße. Little is known about the artist's early youth. In 1910, he graduated from the "Folk School" ( pl, Szkoła ludowa) in Szwederowo. First World War During First World War, Bronisław was drafted into the German army: in 1915, he fought on the Western Front (World War I), western front. In the spring of 1918, he fled to France and joined the nascent Polish army. He returned to Poland in the ranks of General Józef Haller's "Blue Army (Poland), Blue Army". Interwar period Released from the arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more than 470,000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the eighth-largest city in Poland. It is the seat of Bydgoszcz County and the co-capital, with Toruń, of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The city is part of the Bydgoszcz–Toruń metropolitan area, which totals over 850,000 inhabitants. Bydgoszcz is the seat of Casimir the Great University, University of Technology and Life Sciences and a conservatory, as well as the Medical College of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. It also hosts the Pomeranian Philharmonic concert hall, the Opera Nova opera house, and Bydgoszcz Airport. Being between the Vistula and Oder (Odra in Polish) rivers, and by the Bydgoszcz Canal, the city is connected via the Noteć, Warta, Elbe and German canals with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
