Aleksandrow Lodzki

Aleksandrow Lodzki is a city in Lodz Voivodeship that is part of Lodz agglomeration. According to information from 2016, the city has a populace of 21,380. The village was based in 1816 with the aid of Rafal Bratoszewski. In 1820, Rajmund Rembielinski referred to as Aleksandrow "one of the better cities in Poland". Bernard von Schuttenbach turned into the writer of the town planning task. In order to benefit sympathy of the government, Bratoszewski referred to as the town after the then ruling Russian Emperor Alexander I Romanov. This ended in Aleksandrow gaining the town rights in 1822.

After the Bratoszewski s loss of life in 1824 the Kossowski circle of relatives took over the town. After 1832, the city started out to fall back economically beaten by way of the nearby cities of Pabianice, Zgierz and Lodz. In the past due 19^th century and early 20^th century, many knitting organizations have been founded in Aleksandrow, so it is known as the cradle of the Polish stocking industry and also received the nickname "Sock-town" a few of the residents. This alternate remains the principle one today. In 1910, the city received a tram connection with Lodz, which changed into discontinued in 1991.