Frombork

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Frombork is a historic town in northern Poland best known as the place where astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived, worked, and was buried, and for its prominent cathedral complex overlooking the Vistula Lagoon.

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Frombork canonical 8
Cathedral Hill in Frombork 1
town of Frombork 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeStatus gmina seat
country Poland
distanceFrom about 30 km southwest of Braniewo
about 80 km northwest of Olsztyn
economicActivity fishing
local services
tourism
famousFor Nicolaus Copernicus
cathedral complex
foundedInCentury 13th century
GermanName Frauenburg
grantedTownRights 1310
hasFeature harbor
medieval fortifications
observatory
hasFestival events commemorating Nicolaus Copernicus
hasFunction cathedral town
hasLandmark Bishop’s Palace
cathedral hill ensemble
surface form: Cathedral Hill complex

Copernicus Museum
Copernicus Tower
Frombork Cathedral
Old Town
hasMuseum Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew the Apostle
heritageStatus protected historic town
historicalRegion Warmia-Masuria region
surface form: Warmia
isBurialPlaceOf Nicolaus Copernicus
isSeatOf Gmina Frombork
locatedIn Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
northern Poland
locatedNear Baltic Sea
locatedOn Baltic coast
Vistula Lagoon
overlooks Vistula Lagoon
partOf Braniewo County
populationApprox about 2500 inhabitants
postWarReconstruction reconstructed cathedral complex
regionCapitalOf Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia
surface form: Warmian cathedral chapter (historically)
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic
sufferedEvent damage in World War II
destruction during Swedish wars
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
wasResidenceOf Nicolaus Copernicus
wasWorkplaceOf Nicolaus Copernicus

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frombork Cathedral locatedIn Frombork
Frombork Cathedral locatedOn Frombork
this entity surface form: Cathedral Hill in Frombork
Vistula Lagoon borderedBy Frombork
this entity surface form: town of Frombork
Pieniężno nearbyCity Frombork
Elbing nearbyCity Frombork
Braniewo hasRailConnectionTo Frombork
Braniewo nearbyCity Frombork