POLSKA	POLAND
województwo: Kujawsko-Pomorskie	voivodship: Kuyavia-Pomerania
powiat: Inowrocław	county: Inowrocław

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Inowrocław (German until 1904: Inowrazlaw, then Hohensalza) is situated at an elevation of 75  near the river Noteć in the historic region of Kuyavia. The two capitals of the voivodeshiü Kuyavia-Pomerania, Bydgoszcz and Toruń are located 40 km to the northwest and 33 km to the northeast, respectively. The municipality has a population of about 70,700 (2021).

In 1185 the town was first mentioned as novum Vladislaw, presumably it was founded by residents of W/lstrok;ocławek who had fled from the regular floods. In 1236 it was renamed Juveni Wladislawia and received city rights two years. In 1239 the town and its church were burned down by the Pomeranians. In the 15th century, extensive salt deposits were discovered. Since 1466 Inowrocław was the voivodeship capital of northern Kuyavia. As a result of the first partition of Poland (see map), Inowrazław became the district capital of the Netze District of the Prussian Province of West Prussia in 1772. From 1807 to 1815 the city belonged to the Duchy of Warsaw (see map). After the Congress of Vienna, Inowrazlaw, once again the capital of the Inowrazlaw District in the Bromberg (today Bydgoszcz) administrative district, became part of the Province of Posen (today Poznań). Initially, until 1838 the mayors were still Poles, then Germans. Despite Germanisation attempts, the city was an important center of the Polish resistance during the partitions. It flourished after the establishment of a railway junction in 1872 and a spa in 1875. The city and the region were given the Germanized name Hohensalza in 1904. After World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (1920), The town became part of the re-established Polish state and the name was changed back to the historic Inowrocław. In 1938 the town was assigned to the newöy estblished voivodeship of greater Pomerania. Captured by the Germans during the invasion of Poland in 1939, Inowrocław was again renamed Hohensalza and initially administered under the military district of Posen before being incorporated into Nazi Germany first as part of the Reichsgau of Posen (1939) and then as part of Reichsgau Wartheland (1939–1945; see map). With the end of World War ; in 1945, Inowrocław returned to Poland and its original name. Between 1950 and 1998, the town was part of Bydgoszcz voivodeship, but the 1999 reforms placed it in the voivodeship of Kuyavia-Pomerania.

The top picture on glass no. 4685 (labeled in German) shows a view of the Solbad (here in antiquated spelling: Soolbad), the brine bath.

The bottom left picture on the glass shows a view of the Kurhaus, the spa house.

The monument for Emperor Wilhelm I was created in 1899 by the sculptor Karl Keil. The bronze equestrian statue had a height of 4 metres, the entire monument including the pedestal had a height of ca. 8 metres. The monument was destroyed in 1919. (see list of other monuments for Wilhelm I depicted on glasses of this collection.)

Other glasses in this collection show views of Wrocław in the Polish voivodship of Lower Silesia.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inowroc%C5%82aw, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inowroc%C5%82aw; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Reiterdenkm%C3%A4ler]