Lodz is a relatively young city. Although it was granted its municipal rights in 1423 it lived a life of a small town (2,800 inhabitants in 1827), lost in the wilderness, until the second half of the 19th century. An impulse for growth came from the contemporary government of the Kingdom of Poland which designated it as a future center of textile industry. Favourable local conditions, the abundance of free space, lumber, and other construction materials, as well as numerous rivers made it an ideal spot for a future industrial hub.
A rapid growth of industry, catering to the needs of the oriental markets, attracted enterpreneurs and job seekers from other parts of the country and from abroad. An increase in industrial output was accompanied by the population explosion. While at the outbreak of the industrial era Lodz counted only 400 inhabitants, by 1875 it exceeded 50 thousand, to reach 600 thousand on the eve of the I World War.
Lodz is a product of unbridled industrial development, especially in textile manufacturing . After regaining independence by Poland, at the end of the I, and also II World War, Lodz has also developed new functions.
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