page_title: Kutno
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kutno / History
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Stanisław August, król polski, zezwala Andrzejowi Zamoyskiemu, kanclerzowi wielkiemu koronnemu, na lokację miasta Kutna na prawie magdeburskim w jego dobrach dziedzicznych. English: Stanisław August, king of Poland, permits Andrzej Zamoyski, the Grand Chancellor of the Crown, to locate a new town of Kutno on Magdeburg Law in his estate.
context_page_description: Kutno is a town located in central Poland with 44,718 inhabitants and an area of 33.6 km². Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, previously part of Płock Voivodeship, it is the capital of Kutno County.
  Kutno was historically the center of a large Jewish community. In 1900, 10,356 Jews lived there. It was the birthplace of a famed Polish writer Sholem Ash.
  During the invasion of Poland in 1939, Polish armies under General Tadeusz Kutrzeba conducted an offensive in and around Kutno, a battle that was later named the Battle of the Bzura.
  Based on its central location and the intersection of multiple rail lines, Kutno is one of the most important railroad junctions in Poland. Two main lines cross there. Another connection also starts in Kutno, which connects the town to Płock.
caption: 1766 royal decree granting the town with a city charter based on Magdeburg Law
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