Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Most im. Edwarda Śmigłego-Rydz

In the 11th century a settlement existed on the Vistula River, which since 1123 has been the seat of a bishopric subordinate to the Archbishop of Gniezno, and in 1261 received town rights. At that time the town's name was Leslau. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the town was destroyed and subjugated several times by Teutonic Knights. Only the Peace Treaty of Thorn in 1466 finally secured peace. After that, the grain trade flourished until the Swedish invasion in 1657 partially destroyed the town. After the Second Partition of Poland, Włocławek fell to Prussia in 1793, and after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the town became part of the newly formed Congress Poland, which belonged to Russia. - The steel lattice bridge is 620 meters long and 9 meters wide. It was built in 1937 During WW II, the Polish army blew up the bridge. It was rebuilt by the German occupation authorities in 1944 , and then blown up by the German army during the Germans' withdrawal from the city in 1945. It was rebuilt again in 1948.