Krapkowice

Krapkowice
Market square
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Krapkowice
Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°58′E / 50.467°N 17.967°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Krapkowice County
Gmina	Gmina Krapkowice
Government
• Mayor	Piotr Solloch
Area
• Total	20.91 km^2 (8.07 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	17,840
• Density	850/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	47-300 and 47-303 for Otmęt district
Car plates	OKR
Website	http://www.krapkowice.pl

Krapkowice [krapkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Krappitz) is a town in south-western Poland with 17,840 inhabitants (2007), 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.

People

• Erich Abraham (1921-1943)
• Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833-1917)^[1]
• Ottomar Rosenbach
• Krzysztof Zwoliński

External links

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

References

1. Jewish Encyclopedia

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