Pakość is a town in

Inowrocław County __NOTOC__ Inowrocław County () 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 Polish local government refor ...

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, in central

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, with 5,774 inhabitants (2010). 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 transport hub. Pakość is an important centre of worship of the

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because of the famous

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– the complex of chapels resembling

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and commemorating the Passion of Christ.

History

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

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

private town Private towns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were privately owned towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights and princes, among others. Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, R ...

, owned by

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, administratively located in the Inowrocław County in the Inowrocław Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was a Protestant center. The Działyński noble family founded a

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Catholic monastery, which remains one of the landmarks of the town. Pakość was annexed by

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in the

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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, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; ), is a Polish Polish histor ...

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

Demographics

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

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Inowrocław County