Bronisław Kurzętkowski

Bronisław Wenancjusz Kurzętkowski (; 21 May 1880 – 16 February 1939) was a Polish politician, lawyer, and social activist who served as Mayor of Chełmża from 1920 to 1934 While in Chełmża, he was also the president of the Supervisory Board of the Parcel Company in Löbau in 1914. He was the longtime president of the "Lutnia" Singing Society, which was active during the partition period, and belonged to the Board of the Municipal and District People's Council. As mayor, Kurzętkowski focused on the development of the city. He hired as many educated officials of Polish origin as possible in the Chełmża city hall and launched an intensive construction campaign. Houses were built on Polna Street; streets were paved; and a chapel of Our Lady of Częstochowa was erected in the park. the fruit alley and market fuels, and in purchases including business trips, renovations of tenement houses, a lifeboat and a police horse. There were approximately 28 charges to the indictment against him. He was found guilty of treason and was suspended for a year.

Personal life and death

During a meeting at a school on 15 February 1939, Kurzętkowski suddenly fainted and lost consciousness due to a heart attack. He died on 16 February 1939 in the Inowrocław District hospital at age 59. The funeral ceremony was led by the parish priest of Chełmża, Fr. Gracjan Tretkowski.

Kurzętkowski and his wife Zofia Wilczyńska (d. 1951) had two daughters, Izabela Kurzętkowska de Bassak (?–1976) and Danuta Kurzętkowska (birth & death date unknown). Both are buried in the family grave in Chełmża. and bronze and silver medals of the Association of Fire Brigades.