Chełmża

Also known as Culmsee, Kulmsee, Chelmza

Chełmża ; (, earlier Culmsee), is a town in northern Poland, in the Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is one of the historic centers of Chełmno Land.

Key facts

Settlement.leader_name: Paweł Polikowski
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.84
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2021
Settlement.population_total: 14181
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code
Settlement.postal_code: 87-140
Settlement.area_code: +48 56
Settlement.registration_plate: CTR
Settlement.website: http://www.chelmza.pl
Settlement.name: Chełmża
Settlement.image_shield: POL_Chełmża_COA.svg

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Geography
History
Middle Ages
Early modern period
Late modern period
World War II
Demographics
Number of inhabitants by year
Sports
Notable residents
Gallery
References
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Chełmża ; (, earlier Culmsee), is a town in northern Poland, in the Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is one of the historic centers of Chełmno Land.

==Geography== The town Chełmża is placed at the lake named Jezioro Chełmżyńskie (area 2.71 km2), earlier the lake itself was named Culmsee and therefore eponym of the town, that earlier had the name Culmsee, too (see History).