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Bydgoszcz is part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Toruń with Toruń, only 45 km away, and over 600,000 inhabitants. In September 2004 the Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz joined Toruń University as Collegium Medicum UMK in Bydgoszcz.
HISTORY Originally a fishing settlement called Bydgoszcz ("Bydgostia" in Latin), the city became a stronghold for the Vistula trade routes. In the 13th century it was the site of a Castellany , first mentioned in 1238 . Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Teutonic Knights from 1331 - 1337 , and was recovered by King Kazimierz III The Great , who granted the city Municipal Rights on 19 April 1346 . In the 15th-16th centuries Bydgoszcz was a significant site for Corn trading. The Treaty Of Bydgoszcz was signed in the town in 1657 . Bydgoszcz followed the history of Greater Poland until 1772 , when it was annexed by the Kingdom Of Prussia in the First Partition Of Poland . During this time, the canal was built from Bydgoszcz to Nakło which connected the north-flowing Vistula river via the Brda to the west-flowing Noteć , which in turn flowed to the Oder via the Warta . In 1807 Bydgoszcz became part of the Duchy Of Warsaw . In 1815 it returned to Prussian rule as part of the autonomous Grand Duchy Of Poznań and capital of Bromberg District . After 1871 the city was part of the German Empire 's Province Of Posen . After World War I and the Great Poland Uprising , Bydgoszcz returned to Poland in 1919 . It shifted in 1938 to Pomerania Voivodship . From 1939 - 45 during World War II , Bydgoszcz was occupied by Nazi Germany and annexed to the Reichsgau Wartheland . On September 3 1939, shortly after the war started, the disputed Bromberg Bloody Sunday incident occurred in which numerous Poles and Germans were killed; the incident was used by Nazi Propaganda for retaliation against Poles after Bydgoszcz was occupied by the Wehrmacht on September 9 . The city's Polish and Jew ish citizens were repressed, as thousands of people were executed and sent to concentration camps. Bydgoszcz ( Fordon ) was the site of Bromberg-Ost , a female subcamp of Stutthof . The subcamp staffed several female SS guards ( Aufseherin ) and was commanded by the Oberaufseherin Johanna Wisotzki and a male commandant. According to '' Nowa Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN '', 37,000 citizens of the city died during the war. {Link without Title} In 1945 Bydgoszcz was liberated and returned to Poland. ECONOMY Major corporations EDUCATION
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POLITICS Bydgoszcz constituency .]] Members of Parliament ( Sejm ) elected from Bydgoszcz constituency
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