Wielki Wełcz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvjɛlkʲi ˈvɛwtʂ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grudziądz, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Grudziądz and 65 km (40 mi) north of Toruń.
Around 1560 Dutch Mennonites settled in the village, founding the first such community in the area.
[2] In 1604, starost of Grudziądz Maciej Konopacki leased 39 włókas of land to the Mennonites for 40 years, with the stipulation that after that time the Mennonites would have priority to buy the land outright.
This Grudziądz County location article is a stub.