page_title: Frombork
section_title: Monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Frombork / Monuments
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Frombork English: Frombork Deutsch: Frauenburg
context_page_description: Frombork is a town in northern Poland, situated on the Vistula Lagoon in Braniewo County, within Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It had a population of 2,415 as of 2016.
  The town was first mentioned in the 13th century. In the early 16th century it was the residence of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who used it as a site for several of his observations.
  The town and its 700-year-old cathedral were badly damaged in World War II. After the war the cathedral was meticulously reconstructed and is again a popular tourist destination.
  Frombork is known as “The Jewel of Warmia” because of its many historical sites. The Museum of Copernicus in Frombork holds exhibitions related to the astronomer, as well as to astronomy in general, and includes a planetarium. One of the biggest attractions is also the annual International Festival of Organ Music, held every summer. Between 1975 and 1998 the town was part of the Elbląg Voivodeship.
context_section_description: Several monuments are on display in Frombork (see external links):
  monument to Nicolaus Copernicus, was replaced in the mid-1950s as the monument erected by Imperial Germany's Wilhelm II was destroyed in WW II
  monument honoring Red Army soldiers, inscribed:  "Glory to the Red Army heroes fallen in liberating Frombork"
  monument to Germans of East Prussia who drowned in the Vistula Lagoon when fleeing their homeland in 1944-1945, made from a glacial erratic rock found in the water
  memorial honoring the Boy Scouts and others who took part in "Operation 1001" 1966-73, the rebuilding of the town from its devastation in World War II
  Copernicus' astronomical observatory, work room, instruments and planetarium are on display at Frombork's Copernicus Museum
caption: Cathedral Hill, with statue of Nicolaus Copernicus.
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