Casimir BANICKI

ABT 1800 - ____

• BIRTH: ABT 1800, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Pl

1.  Michael BANICKI
2. +Jacob BANICKI

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[N5223] Kujawsko-Pomorskie comprises of territories whose ethnical, economical and social background varied throughout ages. Historical core of the region is Kujawy with Chelmno and Dobrzyn' Land together with north-eastern Wielkopolska. Kujawy was strategically important during the early Piasts reign between the 10th and 12th centuries due to location in the lower Vistula area.

13th century
marked the arrival of Teutonic Knights Order which was to christianise Prussia. The Che?mno Land soon became a centre for Teutonic Knights settlements, both administrative and military. The castles ruins are still to be watched nowadays in Torun', Che?mno, Brodnica, Radzyn Chelminski, Kowalewo Pomorskie and Grudziadz. Despite resistance from the last Piasts, the Teutonic Knights invaded Pomorze Nadwislan'skie and effectively strengthened their influence in the region, with a few new cities founded and new monastic state administration. Thanks to the Second Peace of Torun' that ended the Thirteen Years War in 1466, Chelmno Land was returned to Poland.
Unitl 1343 northern Wielkopolska and Kujawy experienced feudal fragmentation that led to territorial divisions. Kujawy region was parted into the duches of Inowroclaw and Brzesc. In the north three further divisions were established: Inowroc?awska, Bydgosko-Wyszogrodzka, Gniewkowska.

State of Poland
Prussia with its autonomy and general assembly was divided into three voivodeships: Chelminskie, Pomorskie and Malborskie. Torun grew as an important commercial centre with its 10.000 citizens. Grudzia;dz acquired local parliament.
Out of around 30 cities and towns of the region, Bydgoszcz, Wloclawek and Inowroclaw became significant players. The prosperity era was to be terminated due to Swedish invasion in the 17th century along with political decline of Poland.

The foreign rule
From the end of 18th century and onwards Prussia incorporated part of Dobrzyn' Land, Krajna, part of Paluki and Kujawy with Inowroclaw and Kruszwica. Napoleons vicotry in 1807 brought the Duchy of Warsaw to life. Bydgoszcz and part of Chelmno Land remained within the new puppet state. The ultimate French defeat and subsequent Congress of Vienna in 1815 tore Poland apart for over 100 years.
Parts of Pomorze Nadwislanskie, Wielkopolska and western Kujawy were now within borders of Prussia. Part of eastern Kujawy with Wlocawek and Dobrzyn Land became Russian.

After WWI
The regions rebirth witnessed brand new Polish administrative borders; Krajna, and Western Kujawy with Bydgoszcz and Inowroc?aw were parts of Poznan' Voivodeship. The vast Pomorskie Voivodeship with Torun' as a capital got prestigious position thanks to access to sea and transit links with Germany and East Prussia. North and east of Wielkopolska and Kujawy joined Pomorskie Voivodeship in 1938.

After 1945
Pomorskie Voivodeship was reactivated in 1945. One month later Bydgoszcz became its capital. The new borders spanned from southern Pomorze, Chelmno and Michalowska Land, Krajna, Kujawy with Inowroclaw and Wloclawek, and from 1950 the poviats of Znin and Mogilno. Major administrative reform was carried out in 1975. As an effect of the latter, two voivodeships were created: Torun'skie and W?oc?awskie. Parted did the region existed until 1998, when Polands map welcomed new Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, with voivodes seat in Bydgoszcz and voivodeships Sejmik in Torun'
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