Pakość (german: Pakosch) is a town in

Inowrocław County __NOTOC__ Inowrocław County ( pl, powiat inowrocławski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Poli ...

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province ( pl, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divide ...

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, with 5,798 inhabitants (2004).

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were given to Pakość on 9 February 1359. The town today counts 5,798 inhabitants (2004). It is located within the historic region of

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. The town is the main hub of trade and services in the neighbourhood area. Small industry is based here and the town is an important communication and transportation hub. Pakość is an important centre of worship of the

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because of the famous calvary – the complex of chapels resembling

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and commemorating the

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History

The oldest known mention of Pakość comes from 1243. In 1258 a castle was erected.

Town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...

were given to Pakość on 9 February 1359. It was a

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, owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the

Inowrocław Voivodeship Inowrocław Voivodeship ( pl, województwo inowrocławskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Together with the neighbouring Brześć Kujawski Voiv ...

in the

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. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was a Protestant center. The Działyński noble family founded a Baroque Catholic monastery, which remains one of the landmarks of the town. Pakość was annexed by

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in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. In 1807 it became part of the short-lived Polish

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, in 1815 it was re-annexed by Prussia, and in 1871 it became part of

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. The populace took part in the

Greater Poland uprising (1918–19) Greater Poland Uprising (also Wielkopolska Uprising or Great Poland Uprising) may refer to a number of armed rebellions in the region of Greater Poland: * Greater Poland Uprising (1794) * Greater Poland Uprising (1806) * Greater Poland Uprising (1 ...

, and Pakość was successfully reintegrated with Poland, after the country regained independence in November 1918.

Gallery

Zespół kalwarii, Pakość, Kościół Ukrzyżowania AW.jpg, Church of the Crucifixion Pomnik.jpg, Monument of the Greater Poland uprising Zespół kalwarii, Pakość, Wniebowzięcie NMP 02 AW.jpg, Chapel of the Assumption of Mary Zespół kalwarii, Pakość, Weronika AW.jpg, Veronica Chapel Zespół kalwarii, Pakość, Herod AW.jpg, Herod's Palace chapel

Sport

* Notecianka Pakość – football club

References

Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Inowrocław County Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939) {{Inowrocław-geo-stub