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Chełmno

Also known as Kulm, Culm

Chełmno, German Kulm, is a town on the Vistula in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. Granted a charter by the Teutonic Order in 1233, it gave its name to the Chełmno law used by hundreds of towns in Prussia and Poland, was a member of the Hanseatic League, and passed to Poland in 1466. Its walled medieval centre survives.

Chełmno
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State of the Teutonic OrderFoundation, Socioeconomy, GovernanceNazi GermanyImpact

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Bishopric of Culm

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chełmno. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chelmno
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