Interesting Facts About Łódź
Facts About Łódź
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Łódź first appears in the written record in a 1332 document giving the village of Łodzia to the bishops of Włocławek.
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In 1423 King Władysław II Jagiełło officially granted city rights to the village of Łódź.
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Łódź was Poland’s second-largest city until 2007, when it lost its position to Kraków.
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Lodz was known as the ‘Manchester of Poland’ because of the booming textile industry of the 1900s.
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Establish in 1892, The Jewish cemetery at the Bracka Street in Łódź, one of the largest in Europe.
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Łódź was briefly renamed to Litzmannstadt in honour of Karl Litzmann.
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Piotrkowska Street in Lodz, at 5km ling, is the longest street in Poland.
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Łódź is the third-largest city in Poland and a former industrial centre, located in the central part of the country.
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Manufaktura in Lodz is the name of the largest shopping centre in Poland.
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In 2017, Łódź was inducted into the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and named UNESCO City of Film.
Facts About Łódź
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