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Bydgoszcz is a part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Torun with Torun, only 30 km away, and over 700,000 inhabitants. 2003 Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz joined Torun University.
History followed the history of Great Poland until 1772, when it was annexed by Prussia. During this time, the canal was built from Bydgoszcz to Naklo (German: Nakel) which connected the north flowing Vistula river via the Brda to the west flowing Notec (German: Netze), which in turn flowed to the Oder via the Warta. In 1807 became part of the Duchy of Warsaw (French: Duchy de Varsovie). In 1815 back to Prussia as the part of autonomous Grand Duchy of Poznan and capital of the one of the districts, called Bydgoszcz district. After 1871 was included into German Empire as part Province of Posen. After World War I the Great Poland Uprising, returned to Poland in 1919. 1938 shifted to Pomerania Voivodship, where it were the biggest city. 1939-1945 Occupied by Germany.
Bygdoszcz was occupied by Nazi Germany in the very beginning of World War II and was the site of the first massacre of a civilian population during the war. The massacre, which began on September 4, 1939, launched the Nazis' campaign to eliminate the Polish Catholic intelligentsia and eventually the entire Polish people. Pretext to massacre was given by disputed events known as Bromberg Bloody Sunday. Altogether, some 1,000 people were killed in the ensuing massacres.
History
Bygdoszcz was founded in the tenth century.
Maps from 1600 show a large city of Bromberg and to the south of that city a small town, which seems to be named Bydgoszcz (spelled differently). Bydgoszcz bloody sunday
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