Tczew

Tczew
Tczew Market Square
Tczew Market Square
Flag of Tczew
Coat of arms of Tczew
Tczew is located in Poland
Tczew
Tczew
Coordinates: 54°5′15″N 18°47′50″E / 54.08750°N 18.79722°E / 54.08750; 18.79722
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Tczew
GminaTczew (urban municipality)
Established12th century
City rights1260
Government
 • City mayorŁukasz Brządkowski
Area
 • Total22.26 km2 (8.59 sq mi)
Elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2021)
 • Total59,111 Decrease[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
83-110
Area code+48 58
Car platesGTC
Websitehttps://wrotatczewa.pl/

Tczew ([tt͡ʂɛf] , Kashubian: Dërszewò; formerly German: ) is a city on the Vistula River in Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021).[1] The city is known for its Old Town and the Vistula Bridge, or Bridge of Tczew, which played a key role in the Invasion of Poland during World War II.

It is the capital of Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the largest town of the ethnocultural region of Kociewie.

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 18 August 2022. Data for territorial unit 2214011.

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