Pakość

Place in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

52°48′19″N 18°5′2″E / 52.80528°N 18.08389°E / 52.80528; 18.08389Country

PolandVoivodeshipKuyavian-PomeranianCountyInowrocławGminaPakośćFirst mentioned1243Town rights1359Area

• Total3.46 km² (1.34 sq mi)Population

(2010)^[1]

• Total5,774 • Density1,700/km² (4,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

88–170

Websitehttp://www.pakosc.pl

Pakość [ˈpakɔɕt͡ɕ] is a town in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 5,774 inhabitants (2010). It is located within the historic region of Kuyavia.

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 Catholic Church because of the famous calvary – the complex of chapels resembling Jerusalem and commemorating the Passion of Christ.

History

The oldest known mention of Pakość comes from 1243.^[2] In 1258 a castle was erected.^[2] Town privileges were given to Pakość on 9 February 1359. It was a private town, owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the Inowrocław Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was a Protestant center.^[2] The Działyński noble family founded a Baroque Catholic monastery, which remains one of the landmarks of the town.^[2]

Pakość was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. In 1807 it became part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, in 1815 it was re-annexed by Prussia, and in 1871 it became part of Germany. The populace took part in the Greater Poland uprising (1918–19),^[2] and Pakość was successfully reintegrated with Poland, after the country regained independence in November 1918.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1910	3,770	—
1921	3,336	−11.5%
1931	3,797	+13.8%
1939	3,926	+3.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1950	3,517	−10.4%
1960	4,328	+23.1%
2010	5,774	+33.4%

Source: ^[3]^[1]

Gallery

Church of the Crucifixion
Monument of the Greater Poland uprising
Chapel of the Assumption of Mary
Veronica Chapel
Herod's Palace chapel

Sport

Notecianka Pakość – football club

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pakość.

^ ^a ^b Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pakość". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 37.