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Łódź

Also known as Lodz, Łodzi, Lodzh, Lodsch, Litzmannstadt, Lodž, Lodz'

Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 645,693, making it the country's fourth largest city.

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Łódź is Poland's fourth largest city, located in central Poland southwest of Warsaw, with a population of about 645,700 people. Once a major industrial hub, it now serves as the capital of Łódź Voivodeship and remains an important urban center in the country.

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Settlement.name: Łódź
Settlement.settlement_type: City county
Settlement.nickname: ('The Promised Land')
Settlement.motto: ('From a boat a ship')
Settlement.anthem: by Stanisław Moniuszko
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Logo of Łódź 05.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Wordmark
Settlement.blank_emblem_alt: ('Łódź Creates')
Settlement.image_flag: POL Łódź flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: 75px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_label: Łódź
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: city county
Settlement.leader_title: City mayor

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Łódź
Demonym: lodzano
Population: 648711
Area: 293.25
Elevation: 219
Official website: uml.lodz.pl
Image: Łódź Fabryczna, 2017.jpg
Dialing code: 42
Licence plate code: EL • ED
Motto: Z łódeczki łódź

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P6482: Łódź
Commons category: Łódź
postal code: 90-001–94-413
Commons gallery: Łódź
inception: 1423-07-29
native label: Łódź
P8168: Johannes Brandt
social media followers: 11221
male population: 305533
female population: 365109
P12749: June 21

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Contents

Name and toponymy
History
Early beginnings (1332–1815)
Partitions and development (1815–1918)
Restored Poland (1918–1939)
Second World War (1939–1945)
Post World War II (1945–1989)
Contemporary history (1990–present)
Geography
Climate
Administration
Government
Administrative division
Demographics
Religion
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Airport
Public transport
Rail
Education
National Film School in Łódź
Culture
Landmarks and events
Museums in Łódź
Łódź in literature and cinema
Theatre
Cuisine and food
Sport
Horticultural Expo 2029
Notable residents
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
Explanatory notes
References
Inline citations
Bibliography
External links

Łódź first appears in records in the 14th century. It was granted town rights in 1423 by the Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło and it remained a private town of the Kuyavian bishops and clergy until the late 18th century. In the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, Łódź was annexed to Prussia before becoming part of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw; the city joined Congress Poland, a Russian client state, at the 1815 Congress of Vienna. The Second Industrial Revolution (from 1850) brought rapid growth in textile manufacturing and in population owing to the inflow of migrants, a sizable part of which were Jews and Germans. Ever since the industrialization of the area, the city had been multinational and struggled with social inequalities, as documented in the novel The Promised Land by Nobel Prize–winning author Władysław Reymont. The contrasts greatly reflected on the architecture of the city, where luxurious mansions coexisted with red-brick factories and dilapidated tenement houses.