Podgórz, Toruń

Podgórz was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Inowrocław County in the Inowrocław Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.^[2] In 1644, the Franciscans moved from Toruń to Podgórz, and castellan of Bydgoszcz and starost of Dybów Stanisław Sokołowski funded the construction of a monastery.^[3] After the annexation of Inowrocław by Prussia in 1773, the county seat of the Inowrocław County was moved to Podgórz in 1776.^[3] In 1813, the town was devastated by French troops.^[3]

In 1934, the adjacent settlement of Piaski was included within the town limits of Podgórz.^[4] In 1938, Podgórz was included within the city limits of Toruń, as its left-bank district.^[5]