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Lodz is in the centre of Poland. The symbols of the city are: coat of arms – a golden boat with oar in the red background and natiomal anthem : „Prząśniczka’’ by Moniuszko. In the past in this place there was a big jungle with swamps and there were a lot of rivers. The first information about Lodz
settlement comes from 1332.
Lodz received its city rights on July 29 1423. During 15th century Lodz was an agricultural area. In 18th century craftsmen started ariving to Lodz. There were coming
carpenters, blacksmiths, locksmiths, etc. Since then Lodz started to change from a very little town into a big city.
International LodzSoon people of different nationalities started to come to Lodz. During the
years 1820 – 1920 the population of Lodz grew from 767 citizens to 370, 000.
There were arriving the Germans, the Jewish, the Czechs, the Russians and
Polish people from the nearby villages in search for work. This is how Lodz
became an international city.For this day there are still many signs of old times like: old churches , orthodox
churches and cemetaries. There is the biggest Jewish cemetary in Europe.
Textile industry in LodzThe growth of the city influenced develepoment of textile industry,
mainly thanks to very good geographical conditions like plenty
of rivers and natural building resources. In 1839 Ludwik Geyer,
one of textile industralists, brought the first steam machine to Lodz.
From that moment many big textile factories started to appear in Lodz. There
were also built charecteristc houses for factory owners called palaces and houses for factory
workers. Life of the workers was hard and difficult. Salaries were low and there weren’t
good contury to work. There were employed women and children and they earned very low salaries. In 19th century
there was an act which banned employing children under the age of 12.
Three great industrialists
Ludwik Geyer - born 7January1805 in Berlin - died 21 October 1869 in Lodz
Izrael Kalmanowicz Poznański - born 25 August 1833 in Aleksandrow Lodzki - died 18 April 1900 in Lodz
Karol Wilhelm Scheibler - born 1 September 1820 in Monschau, died 13 April 1881 in Lodz
Today we can still admire the set of old factory buildings in a district
called ,,Księży Młyn’’. It was built by Karol Scheibler , one of the richest
factory owners in Lodz.
Textile factories
Another very interesting figure in the history of Lodz is Izrael Poznański. He was the owner of a real textile empire. He lived in a huge palace builit next to his factory and workers’ houses. Today
in the place of his factory is a big commercial centre called
„Manufaktura”.