Place:Tczew, Pomorze, Poland

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NameTczew
Alt namesDirschausource: Wikipedia
Dërszewòsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates54.083°N 18.767°E
Located inPomorze, Poland     (500 - )
Also located inGdańsk, Poland    
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Tczew (; formerly ) is a city on the Vistula River in Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 60,279 inhabitants (June 2009). 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 has been the capital of Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously a town in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is also the largest town of the ethnocultural region of Kociewie.

The city is the location for the annual English Language Camp arranged by the American-Polish Partnership for Tczew.

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