Krapkowice

Krapkowice
Market square
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Krapkowice
Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°58′E / 50.467°N 17.967°E / 50.467; 17.967
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Krapkowice
Gmina	Krapkowice
Government
• Mayor	Piotr Solloch
Area
• Total	20.91 km2 (8.07 sq mi)
Population  (2019-06-30[1])
• Total	16,301
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47-300 and 47-303 for Otmęt district
Car plates	OKR
Website	https://krapkowice.pl

Krapkowice [krapkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (listen) (German: Krappitz) is a town in southern Poland with 16,301 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship, straddling both banks of the Oder River at the point where it joins with the Osobłoga. It is the regional capital of Krapkowice County.

Traditionally this Upper Silesian town was a centre for leather, paper and cement manufacturing. Today only the paper and leather industries remain. For example, in Krapkowice the toilet paper brand Mola is produced by a major job provider, Metsä.

Notable people[]

• (c.1547–1617), Czech priest and translator
• Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917)^[2]
• Ottomar Rosenbach (1851–1907), German physician
• Krzysztof Zwoliński (born 1959), Polish athlete
• Alice Bota (born 1979), Polish-German journalist

Twin towns – sister cities[]

See twin towns of Gmina Krapkowice.

References[]

External links[]

• Official town webpage
• KRAPKOWICE.net - Portal of Krapkowice County (in Polish)
• KRAPKOWICE.NET.PL - Krapkowicki Weekly (in Polish)
• Jewish Community in Krapkowice on Virtual Shtetl

Coordinates: 50°29′N 17°58′E / 50.483°N 17.967°E / 50.483; 17.967

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