Łowicz
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| Łowicz | |||
| Łowicz cathedral | |||
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Łódź | ||
| Powiat | Łowicz County | ||
| Gmina | Łowicz | ||
| Established | before 1136 | ||
| City Rights | before 1298 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Krzysztof Kaliński | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 23.41 km² (9 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 30,383 | ||
| - Density | 1,297.9/km² (3,361.5/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 99-400 to 99-402 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 46 | ||
| Car Plates | ELC | ||
| Website: www.um.lowicz.pl | |||
Łowicz (IPA: ['wɔvitʃ]) is a town in central Poland with 30,383 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Łowicz was a residence of Polish primates. When they were regents of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the town became a temporary "capital" of Poland during interregnum. As a result, it has a bishop and a basilica despite its small size. The ruins of a former bishop's castle can be found on the outskirts and the town has an important ethnographic museum and skansen with traditional houses. Napoleon Bonaparte is believed to have stayed in a house on the main square and the town was at the centre of the largest battle of the German invasion of Poland, the Battle of the Bzura River.
It has a football team, Pelikan, who languish in the lower divisions of the Polish leagues.
[edit] Education
- Mazowiecka Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Pedagogiczna
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