  tuchola  () is a town in the kuyavian-pomeranian voivodeship in northern poland. the pomeranian town, which is the seat of tuchola county, had a population of 13,976 as of 2004. == geographical location == tuchola is located about  north of bydgoszcz, close to the tuchola forests. forest areas to the east and north of the town form the protected area of tuchola landscape park. ==history== settlement around tuchola dates to 980, while the town was first mentioned in 1287. the place was one of the strongholds of the count of nowe peter swienca, who owned a fortified domicile in the area. in 1330 tuchola came into possession of the teutonic order. it received culm law in 1346 from heinrich dusemer, the grand master of the teutonic knights. after the order's defeat in the battle of grunwald, a polish-lithuanian army captured the town on november 5, 1410. the order retained the town in the first peace of thorn. at the end of the thirteen years' war (1454â1466), however, it was ceded to poland in the second peace of thorn and became part of polish royal prussia. during the first partition of poland in 1772, royal prussia was annexed by the kingdom of prussia. on may 17, 1781 the church of st. bartholomÃ¤us and vast parts of the town burned down. around 1785 there existed 148 households inside tuchel, and the town owned both the village of kelpin and the small estate named wymislawe.johann friedrich goldbeck: volstÃ¤ndige t
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