Tczew

Tczew
Market Square Tczew Road Bridge Vistula River Museum
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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
Gmina	Tczew (urban municipality)
Established	12th century
City rights	1260
Government
• City mayor	Łukasz Brządkowski
Area
• Total	22.26 km2 (8.59 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population  (31 December 2021)
• Total	59,111 (73rd) [1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	83-110
Area code	+48 58
Car plates	GTC
Website	https://tczew.pl

Tczew ([tt͡ʂɛf] ^ⓘ, formerly German: Dirschau^ⓘ) is a city on the Vistula River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021).^[1] It is the capital of Tczew County and the largest city of the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within the historic region of Pomerania.

Founded in the Middle Ages with city rights since 1260, Tczew was a major river port on the Vistula, and prospered as a major center for grain trade in Poland. The city is known for its Old Town with medieval Gothic churches, and the Vistula bridges, which played a key role in the Invasion of Poland at the onset of World War II. During the war, it was the location of a major German-operated transit camp for Poles expelled from the region, now home to the Vistula River Museum, the main museum devoted to the history of Poland's longest river.

Tczew is the largest railroad junction in northern Poland, with railroads towards Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Warsaw and Chojnice, and a location for the electric machinery and food industries.