Krapkowice
Template:Infobox settlement Krapkowice (Template:Ipa; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) 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.Template:TERYT 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.
Historically, it was known in Polish as Krapkowice, Chrapkowice and Krapowice.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Notable people
- Mikuláš Albert z Kaménka (c.1547–1617), Czech priest and translator
- Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917), gynecologist<ref name="JewishEncy">Jewish Encyclopedia</ref>
- Ottomar Rosenbach (1851–1907), German physician
- Hertha Pohl (1889–1954), writer
- 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 Template:In lang
- KRAPKOWICE.NET.PL - Krapkowicki Weekly Template:In lang
- Jewish Community in Krapkowice on Virtual Shtetl
Template:Krapkowice County Template:Gmina Krapkowice Template:Authority control