Soviet authorities to either accept incorporation into the U.S.S.R. or to leave what had been their former homeland. Population In 2018, it was populated by 95,045 inhabitants. Education Nicolaus Copernicus University Grudziądzka Szkoła Wyższa Sport Grudziądz has two professional sports teams. The largest following has the popular speedway team GKM Grudziądz, which competes in the Ekstraliga (Poland's top division), whereas the local football team Olimpia Grudziądz has a slightly more modest following, playing in the lower leagues (as of 2022). Notable people Piotr of Grudziądz (), composer Johann Stobäus (1580–1646), composer Alfred Wohl (1863–1946), German chemist Alexander Pohlmann (1865–1952), politician Max Winkler (1875–1961), Mayor of Graudenz Ernst Hardt (1876–1947), writer Waldemar Kophamel (1880–1934), U-Boat commander Leo White (1882–1948), stage performer Alfons Hoffmann (1895–1963), Polish engineer Bolesław Orliński (1899–1992), Polish aviator and test pilot Kurt Weyher (1901–1991), Admiral Erich Witte (1911–2008), stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director Antoni Czortek (1915–2003), Polish boxing champion Henryk Sawistowski (1925–1984), dean of City and Guilds College of London Institute Waldemar Baszanowski (1935–2011), Olympic champion weightlifter Stefania Toczyska (born 1943), mezzo-soprano Bronisław Malinowski (1951–1981), Olympic Champion in the 3000m steeplechase race, 1980 Summer Olympics Mateusz "Scriptwelder" Sokalszczuk (born 1985), flash game developer, author of Waterworks!, a game that takes place in the city Krzysztof Buczkowski (born 1986), motorcycle speedway rider Twin towns – sister cities Grudziądz is twinned with: Sights References External links History website Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship City counties of Poland Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939) 10th-century establishments in Poland Kulm law Holocaust locations in Poland