Koluszki
Koluszki [ kɔluʃci ] is a town in Poland, in the region of Łódź.
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History
The first written mention of the village dates from the year 1399. Around the 14th and 15th centuries was the place where a trade route between the Baltic Sea and Russia. By 1790 there were in the place of a mill, a sawmill, a brewery and a tavern. 1793 as part of the Second Partition of Poland, the settlement was part of Prussia. On the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 Koluszki was the same part and 1815 part of Congress Poland. On September 2, 1846 the town was connected to the railway network. With the flourishing of the near Łódź was a direct train there of great economic importance. On November 19, 1865, the first train, Koluszki went to the Manchester of Poland Łódź. Other compounds followed, and so the place into a regional transportation hub was. At the beginning of the 20th century came about half of the jobs of the town from the rail. The other urban development was heavily influenced by the railway operation and the city developed mainly along the railway and the bus stop. 1904 a parish was founded. Around this time a tower was built for monitoring fires and there was a first volunteer fire department. The upturn at the beginning of the 20th century was slowed by the First World War, but then went on unabated. During the Second World War, a ghetto was established in the town in 1941 by the Nazis, this was disbanded a year later. January 18, 1945 ended the occupation of the city. 1949 Koluszki received its town charter.
Population Development
Community
The urban and rural commune ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ) has live an area of 157.11 km ², on the approximately 23,000 inhabitants (2003 ).
Others
The origin of the name is not finally resolved. One theory is that the original owner was Koluch and his son was called in the diminutive Koluszek. Another version is that the fish, which Koluszka (probably an obsolete regional Polish expression for three-spined sticklebacks ) were called and the area often occurred, were named.