Chełmno (-Polish, German: Kulm) is a town in northern Poland with 22,000 inhabitants (1995) and the historical capital of Chełmno Land.
Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, Chełmno was previously in Toruń Voivodship (1975–1998), near the Vistula river.
It is not related to Chełmno extermination camp, which was located near a village with a similar name, Chełmno nad Nerem.
Chełmno - History.
The first written mention of Chełmno is known from ...
The first written mention of Chełmno is known from a document allegedly issued in 1065 by Duke Boleslaus I of Poland for the Benedictine monastery in Mogilno. In 1226 Duke Konrad I of Masovia invited the Teutonic Knights to Chełmno Land (Kulmerland). In 1233 Chełmno was granted city rights known as "Chełmno rights" (renewed in 1251), the model system for over 200 Polish towns. The town grew prosperous as a member of the mercantile Hanseatic League. Chełmno and Chełmno Land were part of the Teutonic Knights' state until 1466, whe ...
