page_title: Zduńska Wola
section_title: Industrial development
hierarchical_section_title: Zduńska Wola / History / Industrial development
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Dom św. Maksymiliana Kolbego (dom tkacki), drewn., XIX w.
context_page_description: Zduńska Wola is a town in central Poland with 42,698 inhabitants. Situated in the Łódź Province, previously in Sieradz Province. It is the seat of Zduńska Wola County. The town was once one of the largest cloth, linen and cotton weaving centres in Poland and is the birthplace of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Maksymilian Faktorowicz, the founder of Max Factor cosmetics company.
context_section_description: The end of the 19th century was a period of dynamic development, which eventually transformed the rural town into a small industrial centre. In 1909 the population was already 22,504 people. Over 50 new industrial enterprises or textile corporations were set up, which employed 5,200 workers. Zduńska Wola gained the nickname "City of Weavers" and from the 1,360 buildings now standing, approximately 600 were made of brick. In 1892 the first steam brewery was constructed, which contributed to the town's importance in the region. Under the patronage of the Złotnicki family and local business owners, Zduńska Wola was completely remodelled and urbanized; new housing estates were built for the workers and the first city park was opened during this period.
  In 1903 the region was connected with Kalisz and Łódź by rail. In 1902 Zenon Anstadt, a member of a wealthy family of brewers from Łódź, was responsible for the continuous development of the town's infrastructure. Shortly before the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the population of the city was 28,437 people. Under the Imperial German occupation, the city's population fell to just 12,000 in 1918.
caption: Birthplace of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, an example of a wooden weaver's house
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