Gmina Chełmno

Chełmno County (Polish: powiat chełmiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Chełmno, which lies 40 km (25 mi) north of Toruń and 40 km (25 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. The county covers an area of 527.62 square kilometres (203.7 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 52,018, out of which the population of Chełmno is 19,605 and the rural population is 32,413. The county includes the protected area called Chełmno Landscape Park, which stretches along the right bank of the Vistula river.

The Chełmno Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo chełmińskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 1454/1466 until the Partitions of Poland in 1772/1793. Its capital was at Chełmno. Together with the Pomeranian and Malbork Voivodeships and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia it formed the province of Royal Prussia, and with several other voivodeships it formed the Greater Poland Province.

Chełmno ([ˈxɛu̯mnɔ] ; older English: Culm; German: , formerly also Culm) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Due to its regional importance in the Middle Ages, the town gave its name to the entire area, Chełmno Land (and later an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland, the Chełmno Voivodeship), the local Catholic diocese and Kulm law, a municipal form of government for over 180 cities and towns in Central Europe, most notably Warsaw, Gdańsk, Toruń, Königsberg, Olsztyn, Płock and Klaipėda. It possesses a well-preserved historic Old Town, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland, with landmark Gothic churches and a Renaissance town hall. It was an important education center in the early modern period, and the place of pioneering surgical operations by renown Polish 19th-century surgeon Ludwik Rydygier.

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Polish: Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Chełmnie) is a Catholic church in Chełmno, Poland. It was founded in the 13th century, and its gothic style is considered notably well preserved. The church was an influence for the Cathedral at Königsberg. The church contains relics of St. Valentine and is on the register of monuments in Poland. The church is also located in the Chełmno Old Town, which is itself a Historic Monument of Poland, as designated by the President of Poland.

Głogówko Królewskie [ɡwɔˈɡufkɔ kruˈlɛfskʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Świecie, 40 km (25 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 42 km (26 mi) north of Toruń.

Żurawia Kępa [ˈʐuravjaˈkɛmpa], known in German as Kranichsfelde, is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.

Osnowo [ɔsˈnɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Chełmno, 36 km (22 mi) north of Toruń, and 38 km (24 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz.

Niedźwiedź [ˈɲɛd͡ʑvjɛt͡ɕ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Świecie, 38 km (24 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 41 km (25 mi) north-west of Toruń.

Przechówko [pʂɛˈxufkɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Świecie, 42 km (26 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 44 km (27 mi) north of Toruń.

Nowe Dobra [ˈnɔvɛ ˈdɔbra] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Chełmno, 41 km (25 mi) north of Toruń, and 43 km (27 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in Chełmno Land within the historic region of Pomerania.

Kałdus [ˈkau̯dus] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Chełmno, 36 km (22 mi) north-west of Toruń, and 36 km (22 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz.

Brzozowo [bʐɔˈzɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kijewo Królewskie, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Kijewo Królewskie, 6 km (4 mi) south of Chełmno, 34 km (21 mi) north of Toruń, and 37 km (23 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.