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Stary Toruń

Stary Toruń
Village
Stary Toruń is located in Poland
Stary Toruń
Stary Toruń
Coordinates: 53°2′N 18°29′E / 53.033°N 18.483°E / 53.033; 18.483
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County Toruń County
Gmina Zławieś Wielka

Stary Toruń [ˈstarɨ ˈtɔruɲ] (Old Toruń) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zławieś Wielka, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 9 km (6 mi) west of Toruń.

The village is the original place of the location of Toruń in 1233, from where it was translocated to the contemporary location after approximately 3 years. Accordning to historic sources, there had been a Teutonic Order stronghold together with a settlement and a church (demolished in the 16th century). The exact location of that settlement remains unknown until today.


Coordinates: 53°2′N 18°29′E / 53.033°N 18.483°E / 53.033; 18.483



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