Wabrzezno
| Wąbrzeźno, Poland | |||
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 Wąbrzeźno, Poland
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| Coordinates: 53°17′N 18°57′E / 53.283°N 18.950°E | |||
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 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | ||
| County | Wąbrzeźno County | ||
| Gmina | Wąbrzeźno, Polnd (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 13th century | ||
| Town rights | 1331 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Leszek Kawski | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 8.53 km2 (3.29 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 13,796 | ||
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 87-200 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 56 | ||
| Car plates | CWA | ||
| Website | wabrzezno.com | ||
Wąbrzeźno [vɔmˈbʐɛʑnɔ] (German: Briesen) is a town in Poland, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) northeast of Toruń. It is the capital of the Wąbrzeźno County. The population is 13,971 inhabitants (2004).
The town is the birthplace of Walther Nernst, a chemist who in 1920 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Nernst equation, which gives the standard electrode potential of an electric cell containing various concentrations of electrolytes.
At the beginning of the 13th century, a Prussian trade route developed that crossed over an isthmus between two large lakes, the Sicieńskie lake and the Zamkowe ("Castle lake"). A defensive wall was built at this spot, and later, a settlement was constructed there as well. The place is mentioned in a twelfth-century document regarding a battle in which Henry of Sandomierz was killed. Under the name "Wambresia" the town was mentioned in a 1251 Prussian Document issued at Chełmża. Bishop Heidenreich of Bishopric of Chełmno received the Chełmno Land from the pope. The Polish duke Konrad I of Masovia turned possession of the settlement over to the bishop of Chełmno. This created a problem because the Teutonic Knights were in control of the Chełmno Land, and a dispute began between the Bishop of Chełmno and the Knights. The Pope at the time, Innocent IV, was not keen to continue the dispute and installed the Bishop as the rightful ruler of the settlement. This disagreement was the first historical mention of the settlement. In 1251, a large church, St. Simon and Judah, was built in the city.
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