WLOCLAWEK, a town of Poland in the province of War saw. Pop. (1931) 56,277. Situated on the left bank of the Vistula, about 10o m. below Warsaw, 25 m. below Plock, and 25 m. above Torun, Wloclawek has always been an important city, being the capital of the district of Kujawia and the seat of one of the ancient Catholic bishoprics. The mediaeval cathedral, built in the "Vistula Gothic" style, still exists. The region suffered much in the 14th century from the invasions of the Teutonic Knights. The diocese of the bishops included all eastern Pomerania.
or WLODZIMIERZ, town of Poland, province of Volhynia ; population, mainly Jewish. The town is the ancient capital of Volhynia, but it soon declined in importance on the rise of Luck and other towns. Near the town are the ruins of a church supposed to have been built by Vladimir, grand prince of Kiev in 973. It became the capital of the inde pendent princes of Volhynia. Its name was Latinized as Lodo meria by the Austrians when they occupied it. The town contains a good archaeological museum.